Xabier Fernández

Xabier Fernández Gaztañaga (born 19 October 1976 in Ibarra, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country) is a Spanish sailor and olympic champion. Fernandez won a gold medal in the 49er class with Iker Martínez at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The same pairing won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He has been a crewmember and skipper in the Volvo Ocean Race five times, onboard: movistar (2005–06), Telefónica Blue (2008–09), Telefónica (2011–12), and MAPFRE (2014–15, 2017–18).

He sailed with Luna Rossa Challenge in the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup.


 * 2001 	World Championship 	Malcesine (Italy), 2nd position ;
 * 2001   European Championship 	Brest (France ), 2nd position ;
 * 2002 	World Championship 	Kāneʻohe (United States of America), 1st position ;
 * 2002   European Championship 	Grimstad (Norway), 1st position ;
 * 2003 	European Championship 	Laredo ( Spain), 3rd position ;
 * 2004 	Olympic Games  	Athens  ( Greece), 1st position ;
 * 2004   World Championship 	Athens  ( Greece), 1st position ;
 * 2006 	European Championship 	Weymouth (United kingdom), 3rd position ;
 * 2007 	European Championship	Marsala (Italy), 1st position ;
 * 2008 	European Championship 	S'Arena ( Spain), 1st position ;
 * 2008   Olympic Games           Beijing (China ), 2nd position ;