Vivien Kussatz

{{Short description|German sailor (born 1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Vivien Kussatz | image = | caption = | full_name =  | nickname = | nationality = German | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|8|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Bad Saarow]], [[Brandenburg]], [[East Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.71|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | classes = [[Dinghy]] | club = Spandauer Yacht-Club | coach = Alberto García (ESP) | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Women's [[sailing (sport)|sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[European championships in sailing|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold | 2006 Balatonfüred | 470 }} {{MedalGold | 2007 Thessaloniki | 470 }} | show-medals = yes }}

'''Vivien Kussatz''' (born 15 August 1972) is a German former sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy ([[470 (dinghy)|470]]) class.<ref>{{cite sports-reference |title=Vivien Kussatz |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/vivien-kussatz-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224217/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/vivien-kussatz-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref> Together with her partner and two-time Olympian [[Stefanie Rothweiler]], she won two gold medals at the European Championships (2006 and 2007) and was eventually named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], finishing in ninth place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Portugal And Germany Claim European Titles |url=https://www.sailing.org/news/5053.php#.Xo3qXtMza8o |publisher=[[World Sailing]] |date=11 June 2007 |accessdate=8 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Lorenz, Andreas |title=Fasten bei Meerblick |trans-title=Sailing with a seaview |language=de |url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/segelquartier-qingdao-fasten-bei-meerblick-a-570317.html |publisher=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=6 August 2008 |accessdate=8 April 2020}}</ref> A member of Spandauer Yacht-Club in [[Berlin]], Kussatz trained most of her competitive career under the tutelage of her Spanish-born personal coach Alberto García.<ref>{{cite news |title="Disfrutar, aprender y escuchar", la filosofía del técnico Alberto García |trans-title="Enjoy, learn and listen", the words from technician Alberto García |language=es |url=https://www.vigoe.es/nautica-y-vela/disfrutar-aprender-y-escuchar-la-filosofia-del-tecnico-alberto-garcia/ |website=www.vigoe.es |publisher=Vigo.es |date=29 August 2016 |accessdate=8 April 2020}}</ref>

Kussatz competed for the German sailing squad, as a crew member in the [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 470|women's 470]] class, at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Diese 79 Deutschen haben Peking-Ticket sicher |trans-title=These 79 Germans are assured of their tickets to Beijing |language=de |url=https://www.welt.de/sport/article2046733/Diese-79-Deutschen-haben-Peking-Ticket-sicher.html |publisher=[[Die Welt]] |date=29 May 2008 |accessdate=8 April 2020}}</ref> Building up to their Olympic selection, she and skipper Rothweiler finished a credible fourteenth in the gold fleet to secure one of the twelve quota places offered at the [[2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships|2007 ISAF Worlds]] in [[Cascais]], [[Portugal]]. The German duo entered the final race with a myriad of top-ten marks recorded throughout the series. A sixth-place finish at the end of the regatta, however, witnessed their medal chances fade, dragging the duo farther to the back of the fleet in ninth overall with 90 net points.<ref>{{cite news |title=Women's 470 Pair Rechichi and Parkinson Win Australia's Second Gold |url=https://www.sailing.org/news/4227.php#.Xo5DHtMza8r |publisher=[[World Sailing]] |date=18 August 2008 |accessdate=8 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Beijing 2008: Women's 470 Class |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc=SAW005000/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%3DSAW005000/standings.html |archivedate=5 January 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=GERVK1|www=vivien-kussatz}} * {{Olympics.com profile|vivien-kussatz}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720155043/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=62292/bio/index.html |title=Vivien Kussatz at NBC 2008 Olympics website |date=dmy}}

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