Federico Esposito

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Federico Esposito
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (1986-07-02) 2 July 1986 (age 36)
Piombino, Italy
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Sailboard
Club Fiamme Oro [1] [2] [3]
CoachAdriano Stella [2]

Federico Esposito (born 2 July 1986) is an Italian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. He was born in Piombino. [2] [4] He represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has been currently training for Fiamma Oro Sport Club (Italian : Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro ) under his personal coach and mentor Adriano Stella. [3] As of September 2013, Esposito is ranked no. 45 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation.

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Biography

Esposito competed in the men's RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by finishing thirty-sixth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia. [5] Struggling to attain a top position in the opening series, Esposito accumulated a net score of 269 points to pick up a thirty-fourth spot in a fleet of thirty-eight windsurfers. [6] [7]

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