Romuald Hausser

Romuald Hausser
Personal information
Full name Romuald Hausser
Nationality   Switzerland
Born (1988-04-16) 16 April 1988
Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Dinghy
Club Club Nautique de Versoix[1]
Coach Nicolas Novara[1]

Romuald Hausser (born 16 April 1988 in Geneva) is a Swiss sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1][2] He represented Switzerland, along with his partner Yannick Brauchli, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training for Versoix Nautical Club (French: Club Nautique de Versoix) throughout most of his sporting career under his personal coach Nicolas Novara.[1][3] As of September 2014, Hausser is ranked sixteenth in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation, following his successes at the North American Championships, European Championships and ISAF Sailing World Cup Series.[4]

Hausser qualified as a crew member for the Swiss squad in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by placing twenty-sixth at the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[5][6] Teaming with skipper Yannick Brauchli in the opening series, the Swiss duo recorded a score of 119 net points to establish a sixteenth-place finish in a fleet of twenty-seven boats.[7][8]

The pair also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in 9th place.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Romuald Hausser". London 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Romuald Hausser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Romuald Hausser: la tête et les voiles" [Romuald Hausser: Heads and sails] (in French). Tribune de Genève. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "So feiert Deutschland seinen WM-Titel" [So Germany celebrates its first title at the World Cup series] (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "102 Schweizer Athleten in London" [102 Swiss athletes in London] (in German). Neue Luzerner Zeitung. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Doch ein Quotenplatz für Brauchli/Hausser" [Quota place for Brauchli and Hausser] (in German). News.ch. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Men's 470". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Segel-Duo Brauchli/Hausser ausgeschieden" [Sailing duo Brauchli and Hausser eliminated] (in German). Blick. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "470 Men". www.rio2016.com. 24 August 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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