Bautista Saubidet Birkner

Bautista Saubidet Birkner
Personal information
Nationality	Argentine
Born	28 November 1995 (age 26)
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Argentina
Sport	Sailing
Event(s)	Windsurfing
Turned pro	2014
Coached by	Raúl Saubidet, Marcos Galván
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing Argentina
Pan American Games

Bautista Saubidet Birkner (born November 28, 1995) is an Argentine sailor.

He placed 21st in the men's RS:X event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also took gold in the RS:X event at the 2019 Lima. ^[1]^[2] He is 5 times South American Champion (2010, 2011, 2017, 2019 and 2020) and European Champion (2013).

He started windsurfing at the age of 11. He won his first major competition in 2010, at the South American Championships. In that same year he qualyfied for the first Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore, where he finished 7th. Then in 2011 he achieved his first bronze at the Youth European Championship. Finally, in 2013 he managed to become RS:X Youth European Champion, and also bronze medalist at the RS:X Youth World Championships. After finishing his youth career in 2013, he began his career as a professional athlete in 2014, finishing 9th at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami. In 2015 he managed to enter the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi, where he finished 8th. In that same year he was 5th at the RS:X World Championships in the U21 division. After he turned pro in 2014, he has been crowned South American Champion three times, in 2017, 2019 and 2020.

After he finished his 2016 Summer Olympics, he started his degree in Business Administration at Universidad de San Andrés, where he finished his career in 2020.

References[]

^ web|title=Bautista Saubidet Birkner |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/bautista-saubidet |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016 |accessdate=September 17, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825032242/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/bautista-saubidet |archivedate=August 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
^ "RS:X Men - Standings". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.

External links[]

Bautista Saubidet Birkner at World Sailing
Bautista Saubidet Birkner at the International Olympic Committee
Bautista Saubidet Birkner at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
Bautista Saubidet at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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[1] web|title=Bautista Saubidet Birkner |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/bautista-saubidet |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016 |accessdate=September 17, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825032242/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/bautista-saubidet |archivedate=August 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

[2] "RS:X Men - Standings". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.

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