Christian Nehammer

Hans-Christian Nehammer (born 26 May 1976) is an Austrian sailor, who specialized in the keelboat (Star) class.[1] Together with his partner and five-time Olympian Hans Spitzauer, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the all-male keelboat for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in twelfth place.[2] A six-time Austrian champion in his pet event, Nehammer trained most of his sporting career at the Union Yacht Club in Attersee.

Christian Nehammer
Personal information
Full nameHans-Christian Nehammer
Nationality Austria
Born (1976-05-26) 26 May 1976
Salzburg, Austria
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Keelboat
ClubUnion Yacht Club

Nehammer competed for the Austrian sailing squad, as a 32-year-old crew member in the Star class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] After missing the Olympic cut at the Worlds in 2007, he and skipper Spitzauer rebounded from their flimsy outcome in Cascais to punch the last of the four remaining tickets vying for qualification with a successful top 16 finish at the class-associated Worlds in Miami.[2][3] The Austrian duo accumulated a triad of top-six marks throughout the ten-race course, but a disastrous feat on the last leg slipped their chances away from the medal round to the twelfth overall spot with 87 net points.[4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hans-Christian Nehammer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  2. "Olympia-A-Limit für Spitzauer/Nehammer" [Spitzauer and Nehammer booked the Olympic ticket] (in German). Der Standard. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. "Spitzauer/Nehammer holten als WM-16. Olympia-Nationenticket" [Spitzauer and Nehammer sealed the Olympic ticket with a top 16 finish] (in German). Der Standard. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  4. "Beijing 2008: Men's Star Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.


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