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Xabier Fernández

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Xabier Fernández Gaztañaga (born 19 October 1976 in Ibarra, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country) is a Basque Spanish sailor and olympic champion. Fernandez won a gold medal in the 49er class with Iker Martínez at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The same pairing won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He has been a crewmember and skipper in the Volvo Ocean Race five times, onboard: movistar (2005–06), Telefónica Blue (2008–09), Telefónica (2011–12), and MAPFRE (2014–15, 2017–18). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Xabier Fernández is the 3,876th most popular athlete (up from 4,133rd in 2019), the 2,673rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 2,844th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Spanish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Xabier Fernández ranks 3,876 out of 6,025Before him are Chiara Cainero, Sunday Bada, Ahmed Saleh, Chen Xiexia, Valeriy Medvedtsev, and Kerstin Kowalski. After him are Erik Kynard, Svetlana Bazhanova, Dmitry Klokov, Martina Strutz, Patrick Sang, and Chris Wood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Xabier Fernández ranks 843Before him are Glenn Howerton, Khadija Ismayilova, Justine Waddell, Haruchika Aoki, Kerstin Kowalski, and Robin Atkin Downes. After him are Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Shinya Mitsuoka, Omri Katz, Dave van den Bergh, Hedda Berntsen, and Vybz Kartel.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Xabier Fernández ranks 2,673 out of 3,355Before him are Aarón Ñíguez (1989), Carmen Martín (1988), Abel Azcona (1988), Anna Gabriel i Sabaté (1975), Rubén Pérez (1981), and Rodrigo Corrales (1991). After him are Fabricio Agosto Ramírez (1987), Omar Ayuso (1998), Kenan Kodro (1993), David Cal (1982), Joan Cañellas (1986), and Yolanda Soler (1972).

Among ATHLETES In Spain

Among athletes born in Spain, Xabier Fernández ranks 41Before him are Donald Thomas (null), Paquillo Fernández (1977), Antón Paz (1976), Iker Martínez de Lizarduy (1977), Jorge Maqueda (1988), and Antonio Peñalver (1968). After him are David Cal (1982), Yolanda Soler (1972), Reyes Estévez (1976), Joel González (1989), Ana Peleteiro (1995), and Daniel Evans (null).