Patrick Follmann

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Patrick Follmann
Paddo Follmann 2009.jpg
Follmann in 2009
Personal information
Nickname(s)Paddo [1]
NationalityFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (1989-04-20) 20 April 1989 (age 34)
Regensburg, West Germany
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Dinghy
ClubDeutscher Touring Yacht Club [1]

Patrick Follmann (born 20 April 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 Kiel Week 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 at 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]

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References

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