Jochen Schümann (; born 8 June 1954) is a German

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and three-time Olympic champion. He competed at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

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, where he won a gold medal in the '' finn class''. He competed in the Soling class at the

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

and

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, winning two gold medals and one silver medal in this class.

America's Cup Team Alinghi

Schümann participated and won the 2003 and 2007

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for Swiss Team

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acting as sporting director.

ALL4ONE Challenge

He is currently involved with ALL4ONE Challenge in the Louis Vuitton Trophy.

Awards

He received the 1996 World Sailor of the Year Award from the

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* (German Democratic Republic) * (Germany) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schumann, Jochen 1954 births Living people 2000 America's Cup sailors 2003 America's Cup sailors 5.5 Metre class sailors Alinghi sailors Soling class sailors German male sailors (sport) ISAF World Sailor of the Year (male) Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic sailors for East Germany East German male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Sportspeople from East Berlin People from Treptow-Köpenick Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors (sport) from Berlin 5.5 Metre class world champions World champions in sailing for Germany Soling class world champions

America's Cup Team Alinghi

ALL4ONE Challenge

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