Robert Stanjek

{{Short description|German sailor (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Robert Stanjek | image = Robert Stanjek 2019.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | full_name =  | nickname = | nationality = {{GER}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|5|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Rüdersdorf]], [[Brandenburg]],<br/>[[East Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.76 m | weight = 86 kg | website = | country = | classes = [[Keelboat]] | club = [[Norddeutscher Regatta Verein]]<ref name=london2012/> | coach = Alan Smith<ref name=london2012/> | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[sailing (sport)|sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[ISAF Sailing World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships|2011 Perth]] | Star}} | show-medals = yes }}

'''Robert Stanjek''' (born 7 May 1981 in [[Rüdersdorf]], [[Brandenburg]]) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat ([[Star (sailboat)|Star]]) class.<ref name=london2012>{{cite web |title=Robert Stanjek |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/stanjek-robert-1109211/ |work=London 2012 Olympics |publisher=[[London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407042200/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/stanjek-robert-1109211/ |archive-date=7 April 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Robert Stanjek |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/robert-stanjek-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221734/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/robert-stanjek-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref> He represented [[Germany]], along with his partner [[Frithjof Kleen]] in the Star class at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], and also captured a silver medal at the [[2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships]] in [[Perth]], Australia.<ref name=ger-silver>{{cite news |title=Penultimate Day Sees Scheidt And Prada Crowned Star World Champions |url=http://www.sailing.org/news/19675.php |publisher=[[International Sailing Federation|ISAF]] |date=17 December 2011 |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> Stanjek has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for the North German Sailing Regatta ({{langx|de|Norddeutscher Regatta Verein}}) in [[Hamburg]] under his personal coach Alan Smith.<ref name=london2012/><ref>{{cite news |title=Elfter Platz für Stanjek und Kleen bei WM |trans-title=Eleventh place for Stanjek and KLEEN at World Cup |language=de |url=http://www.ibn-online.de/artikel/1168/Elfter-Platz-fuer-STANJEK-und-KLEEN-bei-WM |publisher=IBN Online |date=14 May 2012 |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> As of November 2014, Stanjek is ranked eighth in the world for the two-person keelboat by the [[International Sailing Federation]], following his first-place effort at the ISAF World Cup Series and [[Star World Championship]] in [[Malcesine]], [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Robert Stanjek Opens Star Worlds With First Bullet |url=http://www.sailing.org/news/38062.php |publisher=[[International Sailing Federation|ISAF]] |date=1 July 2014 |access-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101211354/http://www.sailing.org/news/38062.php |archive-date=1 November 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Stanjek qualified as a skipper for the German squad in the [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star|Star]] class at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]] by placing second and receiving a berth from the [[2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships|ISAF World Championships]] in [[Perth]], Western Australia.<ref name=ger-silver/><ref>{{cite news |title=Oldenburger Student segelt zu WM-Silber |trans-title=Oldenburg Student sails to a silver medal at the World Championships |language=de |url=http://www.nwzonline.de/sport/oldenburger-student-segelt-zu-wm-silber_a_1,0,548987139.html |publisher=Nordwest-Zeitung |date=17 December 2011 |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> Teaming with his partner [[Frithjof Kleen]] in the opening series, the German duo recorded a net score of 70 points throughout the entire race, but came up short for the medal podium in sixth position against a fleet of sixteen boats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Star |url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/star-men/phase=sam007101/doc=results.html |work=London 2012 Olympics |publisher=[[London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=27 November 2012 |archive-date=6 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406034601/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/star-men/phase%3Dsam007101/doc%3Dresults.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Deutsche Starbootsegler im Finale |trans-title=German Star sailors in the finale |language=de |url=http://www.rp-online.de/sport/olympia-sommer/deutschland/deutsche-starbootsegler-im-finale-aid-1.2936823 |publisher=[[Rheinische Post]] |date=1 August 2012 |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=GERRS3|www=robert-stanjek}} * {{Olympics.com|robert-stanjek}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20141101143029/http://www.2012.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=stanjek-robert-1109211/index.html |title=Robert Stanjek at the NBC 2012 Olympics website |date=dmy}} * {{DOSB profile|robert-stanjek}} * {{Official website|http://www.stanjek-sailing.de/}} {{in lang|de}}

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