Gašper Vinčec
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Nationality | Slovenian | ||||||||||||||
Born | SFR Yugoslavia | 5 April 1981||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
Class | Dinghy | ||||||||||||||
Club | JD Finn Sloveija | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Roman Teply | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gašper Vinčec (born 5 April 1981) is a Slovenian former sailor, who specialized in the
: JD Finn Slovenija), Vinčec trained most of his competitive sporting career under the tutelage of his personal coach Roman Teply.Vinčec made his Olympic debut in
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Vinčec qualified for his second Slovenian team in the open Finn class. Building up his Olympic selection, he picked up a bronze at the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais, Portugal to lock the country's top Finn berth for the Games.[4][6] A potential medal favorite, Vinčec entered the final race with a myriad of top-ten marks over the past eight legs. A costly penalty on the run, however, effectively pushed Vinčec towards the back of the fleet, slipping him out of the podium to seventh overall with 72 net points.[7][8]
Vinčec sought to bid for his third consecutive trip to the Games in both
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gašper Vinčec". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Vincec On Course For Beijing". World Sailing. 18 April 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Vinčec: Roglič je bil kot kača" [Vinčec: "Roglič was like a snake"] (in Slovenian). Primorske novice. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Sailing Worlds: Vincec Takes Bronze in Finn Class". Slovenian Press Agency. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Day 9: Ayton and Trujillo Win Gold". World Sailing. 11 July 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- NBC Olympics. Archived from the originalon 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ "Razočarani Vinčec sedmi" [Disappointed Vinčec finished seventh] (in Slovenian). 24UR. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Žbogar četrti, Vinčec šesti pred regato za medalje" [Žbogar wins, Vinčec finished sixth in the medal race] (in Slovenian). Slovenske novice. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
External links
- Gašper Vinčec at World Sailing
- Gašper Vinčec at Olympics.com
- Gašper Vinčec at Olympedia
- Gasper Vincec at FinnClass.org
- Gasper Vincec at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2012)