Roman Hagara

Roman Hagara

Roman Hagara in 2008
Personal information
Born	30 April 1966 (1966-04-30) (age 58) Vienna, Austria
Medal record Sailing Representing  Austria Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 2 2 2 European Championships 5 2 0 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Tornado 2004 Athens Tornado World Championships 1987 Kiel Tornado 1999 Vallensbæk Tornado 2000 Sydney Tornado 2001 Richards Bay Tornado 1990 Medemblik Tornado 2006 San Isidro Tornado European Championships 1990 Breitenbrunn Tornado 1997 La Grande-Motte Tornado 2000 Alassio Tornado 2001 Silvaplana Tornado 2006 Travemünde Tornado 2003 Cagliari Tornado 2005 Västervik Tornado

Roman Hagara (born 30 April 1966) is an Austrian sailor who has won the gold medal in the Tornado class at two consecutive Olympic Games.

Hagara, and his colleague Hans-Peter Steinacher won the gold medal in the Tornado class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and successfully defended their title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, which, to date, makes them Austria's the most successful summer sport athletes as the first professional Austrian sailing team.^[1]

Hagara was the Flagbearer for the Austrian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.^[2] Along with his teammate Steinacher, he has won the Austrian Sports Personality of the Year twice, in 2000 and 2004.