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Tamás Eszes'' (born 18 June 1976 in
Keszthely
Keszthely (; also known by alternative names) is a Hungarian city of 20,895 inhabitants located on the western shore of Lake Balaton. It is the second largest city by the lake and one of the more important cultural, educational and economic hub ...
) is a
Laser Standard
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sailor
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from
Hungary
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, who competed in two consecutive
Summer Olympics
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for his native country (
Atlanta, Sydney). He was trained by Trevor Millar who is the founder of SailCoach. Tamás created Sail Coach Hungary in 2010. After Sail Coach Hungary, he established the European Sailing Academy in 2016.
[http://www.sailingacademy.es/sailingacademy.es ] He is currently the leader and head coach of his team at the Academy, hosting training camps in the Canary Islands as his sailing base. 4 nations (Switzerland, Greece, India, Spain) qualified to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Laser Radial class following Tamas's coaching program between 2016 and 2021.
References
1976 births
Hungarian male sailors (sport)
Living people
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Laser
Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser
Olympic sailors for Hungary
Sportspeople from Keszthely
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