Andreas Hanakamp (born 1 July 1966) is an

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who has competed in two

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as well many other sailing events including the 1996 Hong-Kong-Challenge,BNET: Sailing: Hanakamp's mishap
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Bacardi Cup
Rolex Fastnet Race and most recently, is competing in the 2008-09

Volvo Ocean Race The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Rac ...

. Hanakamp has sailed over 150,000 miles offshore, with 30,000 miles offshore racing experience. Andreas works as a professional sailor and also owns his own sailing services company based in

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He is married to Nicole, they have three children; Lisa, Nicola and Marie.

Achievements

Hanakamp is an ambassador to the

Year of the Dolphin The year 2007 (extended to 2008) was proposed and declared as the (International) Year of the Dolphin (YoD) by the United Nations and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), along with the UN Convention on Migratory Species, and its specializ ...

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Volvo Ocean Race

Hanakamp was the

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for the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race, and skipper for

Team Russia Team Russia was the name of the Russian backed entry in the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race. Team Russia was founded by Oleg Zherebtsov, the founder of the Lenta hypermarket chain in Russia. Zherebstov met former Olympic sailor and professional sk ...

in the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race.

Star class results

References

External links

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Andreas Hanakamp: Homepage

Team Russia Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanakamp, Andreas 1966 births Living people Austrian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Austria Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Star Volvo Ocean Race sailors Sportspeople from Wiener Neustadt 20th-century Austrian sportsmen