Federico Esposito (born 2 July 1986) is an Italian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. He was born in

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. He represented

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at the

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, and has been currently training for Fiamma Oro Sport Club () under his personal coach and mentor Adriano Stella. As of September 2013, Esposito is ranked no. 45 in the world for the sailboard class by the

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Biography

Esposito competed in the men's RS:X class at the

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by finishing thirty-sixth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in

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. Struggling to attain a top position in the opening series, Esposito accumulated a net score of 269 points to pick up a thirty-fourth spot in a fleet of thirty-eight windsurfers.

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* * * 1987 births Living people Italian windsurfers Italian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Italy Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sportspeople from Piombino Windsurfers of Fiamme Oro 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-yachtracing-bio-stub