Andreas Geritzer

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Andreas Geritzer
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Andreas Geritzer (born 11 December 1977, in Vienna) is an Austrian sailor in the Laser class.

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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney he finished fifth, four years later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he won the Silver medal. Geritzer resides and trains in Neusiedl am See. [1] He has been married since 2005, and has a son.

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References

  1. "Segler Geritzer ist startklar für Peking". ORF Burgenland (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2015.