Iker Martinez
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| Full name | Iker Martínez de Lizarduy Lizarribar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 June 1977 Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country |
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| Class(es) | 49er | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iker Martínez de Lizarduy Lizarribar (born 16 June 1977 in Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country) is a Spanish sailor and olympic champion. Martínez de Lizarduy won a gold medal in the 49er class with Xabier Fernandez at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The same pairing won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Iker Martínez was skipper for Team Telefónica in the 2011-2012 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, with Fernandez also being a team member. They were also named ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year 2011, finding out while they were competing in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race.
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