Robert Stanjek
Personal information
Nationality Germany
Born (1981-05-07) 7 May 1981
Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg,
East Germany
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sailing career
ClassKeelboat
ClubNorddeutscher Regatta Verein[1]
CoachAlan Smith[1]
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Perth Star

Robert Stanjek (born 7 May 1981 in Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat (Star) class.[1][2] He represented Germany, along with his partner Frithjof Kleen in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also captured a silver medal at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia.[3] Stanjek has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for the North German Sailing Regatta (German: Norddeutscher Regatta Verein) in Hamburg under his personal coach Alan Smith.[1][4] As of November 2014, Stanjek is ranked eighth in the world for the two-person keelboat by the International Sailing Federation, following his first-place effort at the ISAF World Cup Series and Star World Championship in Malcesine, Italy.[5]

Stanjek qualified as a skipper for the German squad in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by placing second and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[3][6] Teaming with his partner Frithjof Kleen in the opening series, the German duo recorded a net score of 70 points throughout the entire race, but came up short for the medal podium in sixth position against a fleet of sixteen boats.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Robert Stanjek". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robert Stanjek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Penultimate Day Sees Scheidt And Prada Crowned Star World Champions". ISAF. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Elfter Platz für Stanjek und Kleen bei WM" [Eleventh place for Stanjek and KLEEN at World Cup] (in German). IBN Online. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Robert Stanjek Opens Star Worlds With First Bullet". ISAF. 1 July 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Oldenburger Student segelt zu WM-Silber" [Oldenburg Student sails to a silver medal at the World Championships] (in German). Nordwest-Zeitung. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Men's Star". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Deutsche Starbootsegler im Finale" [German Star sailors in the finale] (in German). Rheinische Post. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.


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