Patrick Follmann

Patrick Follmann
Personal information
Full name Patrick Follmann
Nickname(s) Paddo[1]
Nationality  Germany
Born (1989-04-20) 20 April 1989
Regensburg, West Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Dinghy
Club Deutscher Touring Yacht Club[1]

Patrick Follmann (born April 20, 1989 in Regensburg) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1][2] He represented Germany, along with his partner Ferdinand Gerz, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training throughout most of his sporting career at Deutscher Touring Yacht Club in Tutzing.[1][3] He also obtained a career best result with a single victory for the German squad in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Kieler Woche Tournament in Kiel.[4] As of September 2014, Follmann is ranked no. 147 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation.

Follmann qualified as a skipper for the German squad in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by placing fifteenth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[3][5][6] Teaming with crew member Ferdinand Gerz in the opening series, the German duo recorded a score of 105 net points to establish a thirteenth-place finish in a fleet of twenty-seven boats.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Patrick Follmann". London 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  2. "Patrick Follmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "DOSB nominiert die ersten 85 Athleten für London" [DOSB nominated the first 85 athletes for London] (in German). Olympiastützpunkt Berlin. 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. "Olympiateilnehmer überzeugen nur teilweise" [An Olympian only partially convinced] (in German). Focus.de. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  5. "WM in Perth: Delle und Goltz Können für Olympia Planen" [World Champs in Perth: Delle and Goltz goes to Olympics] (in German). Segler-Zeitung. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  6. "Bayerisches Duo mit großem Potenzial" [Bavarian duo has a great potential] (in German). Mittelbayerische Zeitung. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  7. "Men's 470". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  8. Kemmling, Carsten (9 August 2012). "Deutsche Segler bei Olympia 2012: Kein Platz für Überraschungen" [German sailors at the Olympics 2012: "No room for surprises"] (in German). Spiegel Online. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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