Robert Stanjek (born 7 May 1981 in

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) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat (

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) class. He represented

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, along with his partner

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in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also captured a silver medal at the

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, Australia. Stanjek has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for the North German Sailing Regatta (german: Norddeutscher Regatta Verein) in

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under his personal coach Alan Smith. As of November 2014, Stanjek is ranked eighth in the world for the two-person keelboat by the

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, following his first-place effort at the ISAF World Cup Series and

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. Stanjek qualified as a skipper for the German squad in the

class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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by placing second and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in

, Western Australia. Teaming with his partner

in the opening series, the German duo recorded a net score of 70 points throughout the entire race, but came up short for the medal podium in sixth position against a fleet of sixteen boats.

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* * * * * * 1981 births Living people German male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Germany Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star People from Rüdersdorf Sportspeople from Brandenburg Norddeutscher Regatta Verein sailors Star class world champions World champions in sailing for Germany 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-yachtracing-bio-stub