# Felix Steiger

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Swiss sailor (born 1980)

Felix Steiger Personal information Full name Felix Steiger Nationality Switzerland Born (1980-07-18) 18 July 1980 (age 45) Uster, Zürich, Switzerland Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 73 kg (161 lb) Sailing career Sport Sailing Club SC Schloss Greifensee Class Dinghy Medal record Men's sailing Representing Switzerland Summer Universiade 2005 İzmir 470

**Felix Steiger** (born 18 July 1980) is a Swiss former sailor, who specialized in the two-person dinghy ([470](/source/470_(dinghy))) class.[1] Together with his partner [Tobias Etter](/source/Tobias_Etter), he was named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics), finishing in a distant twenty-third place.[2] Outside his Olympic career, he and Etter locked the podium spot with a bronze in the men's 470 at the [2005 Summer Universiade](/source/2005_Summer_Universiade) in [İzmir](/source/%C4%B0zmir), [Turkey](/source/Turkey).[3][4] Steiger trained most of his sporting career at Schloss Greifensee Sailing Club in the outskirts of [Zürich](/source/Z%C3%BCrich).[5]

Steiger competed for the Swiss sailing squad, as a crew member in the [men's 470](/source/Sailing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_470) class, at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) in [Beijing](/source/Beijing).[6] 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](/source/Melbourne), [Australia](/source/Australia).[7] 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.[2][8]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Felix Steiger"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417135157/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/felix-steiger-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/felix-steiger-1.html) on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-etter-oly_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-etter-oly_2-1) ["Schweizer Starboot-Duo muss sich steigern"](https://www.nzz.ch/olympia_segeln_schweizer_starboot-duo_muss_sich_steigern-1.808546) [Swiss Star duo vows to improve] (in German). [Neue Zürcher Zeitung](/source/Neue_Z%C3%BCrcher_Zeitung). 16 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Campbell Wins Gold and Tunnicliffe Silver"](https://www.sailing.org/news/9575.php#.Xtvh4Z4za8o). [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing). 22 August 2005. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Bronze für 470er-Segler"](http://www.news.ch/Bronze+fuer+470er+Segler/219704/detail.htm) [Bronze for 470 sailors]. *News.ch* (in German). 16 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [""Hat etwas an der Technik gefehlt""](https://zueriost.ch/hat-etwas-an-der-technik-gefehlt/155569) ["Something went missing from the technology"] (in German). Züriost. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Event Guide: Men's Two Person Dinghy – 470"](https://www.sailing.org/news/4213.php). [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing). 9 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Zwei Quotenplätze für Schweizer Segler"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200412081206/https://www.volksblatt.li/nachrichten/Schweiz/Sport/sda/50814/zwei-quotenplatze-fur-schweizer-segler) [Two quota places for Swiss sailors] (in German). [Volksblatt](/source/Liechtensteiner_Volksblatt). 30 January 2008. Archived from [the original](https://www.volksblatt.li/nachrichten/Schweiz/Sport/sda/50814/zwei-quotenplatze-fur-schweizer-segler) on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Beijing 2008: Men's 470 Class"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140105145909/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSAM005000/standings.html). *[Beijing 2008](/source/Beijing_2008)*. [NBC Olympics](/source/NBC_Olympics). Archived from [the original](http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc=SAM005000/standings.html) on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.

## External links

- [Felix Steiger](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/felix-steiger?ref=SUIFS1) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=SUIFS1))

- [Felix Steiger](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/felix-steiger) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)
- [Felix Steiger](https://web.archive.org/web/20200607105149/https://www.olympic.org/felix-steiger) at Olympic.org (archived)

- [Felix Steiger](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/117853) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Felix Steiger at NBC 2008 Olympics website](https://web.archive.org/web/20120720161206/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=62375/bio/index.html) at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (archived 20 July 2012)

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