Florián Trittel

Florian Trittel

Personal information
Full name	Florian Johannes Trittel Paul [a]
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 30) Münsterlingen, Switzerland
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sailing career
Class(es)	49er, Nacra 17, IKA - Formula Kite, 29er, Foiling50, IKA - Open, TR 3.6
Medal record Men's Sailing Representing  Spain Olympic Games Paris 2024 49er World Championships 2012 Travemünde 29er 2022 St. Margarets Bay 49er 2023 The Hague 49er 2024 Lanzarote 49er European Championships 2014 Mielno Kite 2016 Cagliari Kite 2022 Aarhus 49er

Florian Trittel (born 23 May 1994 in Münsterlingen, Switzerland) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic gold medalist.^[1]

Career

Florian Trittel was born in Switzerland and has lived in Spain since the age of three. As son to a German family of sailors living in Barcelona,^[2] he started sailing as a six-year-old at Club Nàutic d'Arenys de Mar and later progressed training at Club Nàutic El Balís de Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Barcelona.^[3] He represents the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation internationally.

He has professional experience in various sailing classes. In 2012, he won the World Championships of the 29er class in tandem with Carlos Robles.^[4] As solo-athlete in kite surfing, he scored a silver medal in the Formula Kite European Championships in 2014 and bronze in 2016. In the 49er class, he has shown world class with scores of three consecutive medal wins in the 49er World Championship between the years 2022 and 2024 together with Diego Botin, as well as gold in the 49er European Championship of 2022.

Florian Trittel has competed in two Summer Olympics. He finished sixth in Tokyo 2020 in the Nacra 17 class in tandem with Tara Pacheco. In Paris 2024, he won his first Olympic Gold Medal in the 49er class together with Diego Botin, making it the first gold medal win for Spain in those Olympics.^[5]

He is part of the Spanish national team for Sail GP^[6] and helped the team win season four with Diego Botin as driver and himself as wing trimmer.^[7]

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Trittel and the second or maternal family name is Paul.

References

1. "Florián Trittel". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
2. "La emoción de Florian Trittel mirando al cielo nada más coronarse campeón olímpico: "Él es el motivo por el que navegamos hoy"". cadenaser.com. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
3. "Tercera medalla catalana dels jocs: el regatista Florian Trittel guanya l'or en la classe 49er" (in Catalan). Vilaweb. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
4. "Florian Trittel: "Tenemos opciones realistas de ganar medalla"". cnelbalis.com. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
5. "Sailing never fails: Botín and Trittel win Spain's first gold for Paris 2024". La Vanguradia (in Spanish). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
6. "Florian Trittel". sailgp.com. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
7. "SailGP Season 4". sailgp.com. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

External links

• Florian Trittel Paul at World Sailing (archive)
• Florian Trittel Paul at Olympics.com
• Florian Johannes Trittel Paul at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archive)
• Florian Johannes Trittel Paul at the Comité Olímpico Español (new page) (in Spanish)