Felix Steiger

{{Short description|Swiss sailor (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Felix Steiger | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name = Felix Steiger | nickname = | nationality = {{SUI}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|7|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Uster]], [[Canton of Zürich|Zürich]], [[Switzerland]] | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.83|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | classes = [[Dinghy]] | club = SC Schloss Greifensee | coach = | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Men's [[sailing (sport)|sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry | Switzerland }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[2005 Summer Universiade|2005 İzmir]] | [[Sailing at the 2005 Summer Universiade|470]] }} | show-medals = yes }}

'''Felix Steiger''' (born 18 July 1980) is a Swiss former sailor, who specialized in the two-person dinghy ([[470 (dinghy)|470]]) class.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title=Felix Steiger|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/felix-steiger-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417135157/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/felix-steiger-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|accessdate=7 June 2020}}</ref> Together with his partner [[Tobias Etter]], he was named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], finishing in a distant twenty-third place.<ref name=etter-oly>{{cite news |title=Schweizer Starboot-Duo muss sich steigern |trans-title=Swiss Star duo vows to improve |language=de |url=https://www.nzz.ch/olympia_segeln_schweizer_starboot-duo_muss_sich_steigern-1.808546 |publisher=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]] |date=16 August 2008 |accessdate=7 June 2020}}</ref> Outside his Olympic career, he and Etter locked the podium spot with a bronze in the men's 470 at the [[2005 Summer Universiade]] in [[İzmir]], [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Campbell Wins Gold and Tunnicliffe Silver |url=https://www.sailing.org/news/9575.php#.Xtvh4Z4za8o |publisher=[[World Sailing]] |date=22 August 2005 |accessdate=6 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bronze für 470er-Segler |trans-title=Bronze for 470 sailors |language=de |url=http://www.news.ch/Bronze+fuer+470er+Segler/219704/detail.htm |website=News.ch |date=16 August 2008 |accessdate=7 June 2020}}</ref> Steiger trained most of his sporting career at Schloss Greifensee Sailing Club in the outskirts of [[Zürich]].<ref>{{cite news |title="Hat etwas an der Technik gefehlt" |trans-title="Something went missing from the technology" |language=de |url=https://zueriost.ch/hat-etwas-an-der-technik-gefehlt/155569 |publisher=Züriost |date=18 August 2008 |accessdate=7 June 2020}}</ref>

Steiger competed for the Swiss sailing squad, as a crew member in the [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 470|men's 470]] class, at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Event Guide: Men's Two Person Dinghy – 470 |url=https://www.sailing.org/news/4213.php |publisher=[[World Sailing]] |date=9 August 2008 |accessdate=8 April 2020}}</ref> He and skipper Etter topped the Swiss Sailing Federation's selection criteria for a coveted spot on the Olympic team, based on their cumulative scores attained in a series of international regattas, including their top 40 finish at the Worlds nearly eight months earlier in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Zwei Quotenplätze für Schweizer Segler |trans-title=Two quota places for Swiss sailors |language=de |url=https://www.volksblatt.li/nachrichten/Schweiz/Sport/sda/50814/zwei-quotenplatze-fur-schweizer-segler |publisher=[[Liechtensteiner Volksblatt|Volksblatt]] |date=30 January 2008 |accessdate=12 April 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412081206/https://www.volksblatt.li/nachrichten/Schweiz/Sport/sda/50814/zwei-quotenplatze-fur-schweizer-segler |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Swiss duo successfully posted a triad of single-digit marks each in races 3, 5, and 9, but a random wave of substandard outcomes throughout the series pushed both Etter and Steiger to the middle of a 29-boat fleet, sitting them in twenty-third overall with 162 net points.<ref name=etter-oly/><ref>{{cite web |title=Beijing 2008: Men's 470 Class |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc=SAM005000/standings.html |work=[[Beijing 2008]] |publisher=[[NBC Olympics]] |accessdate=13 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105145909/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSAM005000/standings.html |archivedate=5 January 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=SUIFS1|www=felix-steiger}} * {{Olympics.com profile|felix-steiger|org_archive=20200607105149}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720161206/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=62375/bio/index.html|title=Felix Steiger at NBC 2008 Olympics website |date=dmy}}

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