Christian Nehammer

Hans-Christian Nehammer (born 26 May 1976) is an Austrian sailor, who specialized in the keelboat (Star) class.[1] Together with his partner and five-time Olympian Hans Spitzauer, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the all-male keelboat for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in twelfth place.[2] A seven-time Austrian champion in his pet event, Nehammer sailed all of his sporting career for the Union Yacht Club in Attersee.

Christian Nehammer
Personal information
Full nameHans-Christian Nehammer
Nationality Austria
Born (1976-05-26) 26 May 1976
Salzburg, Austria
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Keelboat
ClubUnion Yacht Club

Nehammer competed for the Austrian sailing squad, as a 32-year-old crew member in the Star class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] After missing the Olympic cut at the Worlds in 2007, he and skipper Spitzauer rebounded from their flimsy outcome in Cascais to punch the last of the four remaining tickets vying for qualification with a successful top 16 finish at the class-associated Worlds in Miami.[2][3] The Austrian duo accumulated a triad of top-six marks throughout the ten-race course, but a disastrous feat on the last leg slipped their chances away from the medal round to the twelfth overall spot with 87 net points.[4]

Christian Nehammer competed as skipper in the Star class between 2009 and 2019 in many European Championships and World championships, scoring several top 10 places together with Florian Urban. In 2019 Christian Nehammer switched back to sailing as a crew and won the Eastern Hemisphere Championship in his home waters together with Augie Diaz. In 2020 Spitzauer and Nehammer scored 3rd at the Star class European Championship, 2021 they managed to claim the 3rd position at the World championship in Kiel.

In parallel to his sports career Christian Nehammer finished his studies on economics at Innbruck university in 2002. He started his professional career at mobile operator in telecom industry. In 2009 Christian Nehammer started to work for a Belarusian operation building up and heading the financial controlling department until 2011. In 2011 he took over a managerial function in A1 Telecom Austria in procurement. Before leaving the company Christian Nehammer was responsible for the largest savings activity in Telecom Austria group in 2014. He changed to a mid-size company with 200m yearly turnover as CFO. 2018 Christian Nehammer left the company and started his own consulting business under the brand Konsultori. The core service is that his company offers the "outsourced financial department" to small and mid sized companies.

Achievements
As of 27 September 2015[5]
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
2007Kieler WocheKiel, Germany1stStar class
2008Olympic GamesQuingdao, China12thStar class
2019Eastern Hemisphere ChampionshipAttersee, Austria1stStar class
2020Star European ChampionshipRiva del Garda, Italy3rdStar class
2021Star European ChampionshipSplit, Croatia3rdStar class
2021Star World ChampionshipKiel, Germany3rdStar class

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hans-Christian Nehammer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  2. "Olympia-A-Limit für Spitzauer/Nehammer" [Spitzauer and Nehammer booked the Olympic ticket] (in German). Der Standard. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. "Spitzauer/Nehammer holten als WM-16. Olympia-Nationenticket" [Spitzauer and Nehammer sealed the Olympic ticket with a top 16 finish] (in German). Der Standard. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  4. "Beijing 2008: Men's Star Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  5. "Sailor Biography".


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