Roman Hagara
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Roman Hagara (born 30 April 1966) is an Austrian sailor who has won the gold medal in the Tornado class at two consecutive Olympic Games.
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Born | 30 April 1966 (1966-04-30) (age 58) Vienna, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hagara, and his colleague Hans-Peter Steinacher won the gold medal in the Tornado class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and successfully defended their title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, which, to date, makes them Austria's the most successful summer sport athletes as the first professional Austrian sailing team.[1]
Hagara was the Flagbearer for the Austrian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.[2] Along with his teammate Steinacher, he has won the Austrian Sports Personality of the Year twice, in 2000 and 2004.