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Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Zell am See | 9 September 1968||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hans-Peter Steinacher (born 9 September 1968 in Zell am See) is an Austrian sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the Tornado class with Roman Hagara at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] They won the gold medal again at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2]
Along with his teammate Roman Hagara, he has won the Austrian Sports Personality of the Year twice, in 2000 and 2004.
In December 2021 Alinghi founder Ernesto Bertarelli Hans Peter Steinacher announced the launch of the new Alinghi Red Bull Racing. Bertarelli will continue to represent the Société Nautique de Genève, the yacht club they won the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup, the 2003 America's Cup, and the 2007 America's Cup for.[3]