Erik Heil

{{short description|German sailor}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox sailor | image = | caption = | full_name =  | nationality = German | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|8|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], Germany | height = 185 cm | weight = 80 kg | classes = [[49er (dinghy)|49er]] | club = {{yachtclub|Norddeutscher Regatta Verein}} | collegeteam = | coach = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[sailing (sport)|sailing]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er|49er]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]] | [[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er|49er]] }} }}

'''Erik Heil''' (born 10 August 1989) is a German sailor. He competes in the [[49er (dinghy)|49er]] and won a place in the [[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification|Qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics]] together with [[Thomas Plößel]]. They won bronze medals at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/sailing-standings-sa-49er-men |title=Sailing - 49er Men - Standings |work=Rio 2016 Olympics |publisher=[[Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=2016-09-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918224528/https://www.rio2016.com/en/sailing-standings-sa-49er-men |archivedate=2016-09-18 }}</ref> and the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/event-schedule-49er-men.htm |title=Sailing - Men's Skiff - 49er Schedule |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006103422/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/event-schedule-49er-men.htm |archive-date=2021-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1306483-heil-erik.htm |title=Sailing: HEIL Erik |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006124221/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1306483-heil-erik.htm |archive-date=2021-10-06}}</ref>

Starting in the [[2023–24 SailGP championship|fourth season]] of the [[SailGP]] in 2023 he is leading the Germany SailGP Team sponsored by [[Sebastian Vettel]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pokorny |first=Tatjana |title=SailGP: Zwei Top-Starts und ein Schock-Manöver – Rock 'n' Roll fürs Vettel-Team |url=https://www.yacht.de/regattasailgp/sailgp-zwei-top-starts-und-ein-schock-manoever-rock-n-roll-fuers-vettel-team/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=YACHT - Alles rund ums Segeln |language=de}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=GEREH2|www=erik-heil}} * {{Olympics.com profile|erik-heil|org_archive=20190527195618}} * {{DOSB profile|erik-heil}} * {{Olympedia}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heil, Erik}} [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:German male sailors (sport)]] [[Category:Olympic sailors for Germany]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Germany]] [[Category:Olympic medalists in sailing]] [[Category:Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er]] [[Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Germany SailGP Team sailors]] [[Category:Sailors (sport) from Berlin]] [[Category:21st-century German sportsmen]]