Adrian Hoesch
 Adrian Hoesch at the 2020 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Adrian Wilhelm Jochen Hoesch |
| Nationality | German-American |
| Born | 9 February 1993 Germany |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sailing |
Adrian Wilhelm Jochen Hoesch (born 9 February 1993)[1] is a German-American competitive sailor. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 for American Samoa, placing 19th.[2]
Hoesch is from Germany but has an American passport.[3] He was educated at the University of Passau, completing a bachelor's degree in business administration, and at the Hult International Business School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, completing a masters in finance and international business.[1] He has previously worked as a business analyst.[1]
Hoesch previously won Bronze when representing Germany at the 2013 Junior European Championships.[4][5][6] He represented the Bavarian Yacht Club at the 2018 New York Yacht Club Global Team Race Regatta.[7] In 2020 he and Tyler Paige controversially qualified for the 2020 Olympics for American Samoa at Sail Melbourne,[8] due to being the only competitors in the event.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c "HOESCH Adrian". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 - Our Pacific Islands athletes Round Up Day 7". The Coconet. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Überraschungs-Coup oder Olympiatourismus - Fährt ein Bayer für Amerikanisch-Samoa zu den Olympischen Spielen 2020?" (in German). Bayerischer Seglerverband. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Day Five: Pacific Athletes - Who to watch and when". RNZ. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "420 and 470 Junior Europeans - Gold to Israel, Italy and the Ukraine". Sail World. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Bendix Hugelmann (26 August 2013). "Bronze für Autenrieth/Hoesch" (in German). Yacht Europas. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "2018 NYYC GLOBAL TEAM RACE REGATTA" (PDF). Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Competitors from five of Oceania's sailing NSOs represented this summer". OSFO. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
External links[]
- Adrian Hoesch at World Sailing
- Adrian Hoesch at World Sailing
- Adrian Hoesch at Olympics.com
- Adrian Hoesch at Olympedia
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- German male sailors (sport)
- American male sailors (sport)
- American Samoan male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors of American Samoa
- American people of German descent
- University of Passau alumni
- Hult International Business School alumni
- Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 470
- Yacht racing biography stubs
- American Samoan sportspeople stubs