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Full name | Iker Martínez de Lizarduy Lizarribar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Donostia- San Sebastián, Basque Country | 16 June 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class | 49er | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iker Martínez de Lizarduy Lizarribar (born 16 June 1977 in Donostia- San Sebastián, Basque Country) is a Spanish sailor and olympic champion. Martínez de Lizarduy won a gold medal in the 49er class with Xabier Fernández at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. [1] The same pairing won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [2]
Iker Martínez was skipper for Team Telefónica in the 2011-2012 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, with Fernandez also being a team member. [3] They were also named ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year 2011, finding out while they were competing in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. [3]
He also skippered Spanish yacht MAPFRE in the 2014–2015 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, albeit he skipped a few legs to prepare himself for the 2016 Rio Olympics. [4]
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Full name | Iker Martínez de Lizarduy Lizarribar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Donostia- San Sebastián, Basque Country | 16 June 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class | 49er | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Iker Martínez de Lizarduy Lizarribar (born 16 June 1977 in Donostia- San Sebastián, Basque Country) is a Spanish sailor and olympic champion. Martínez de Lizarduy won a gold medal in the 49er class with Xabier Fernández at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. [1] The same pairing won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [2]
Iker Martínez was skipper for Team Telefónica in the 2011-2012 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, with Fernandez also being a team member. [3] They were also named ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year 2011, finding out while they were competing in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. [3]
He also skippered Spanish yacht MAPFRE in the 2014–2015 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, albeit he skipped a few legs to prepare himself for the 2016 Rio Olympics. [4]
This section of a
biography of a living person needs additional
citations for
verification. (January 2024) |