Gašper Vinčec

Gašper Vinčec (born 5 April 1981) is a Slovenian former sailor, who specialized in the Finn class.[1] He represented his country Slovenia in two editions of the Summer Olympic Games (2004 and 2008) and came closest to the medal haul in the final race of his signature fleet, finishing in seventh place.[2][3] Outside his Olympic career, Vinčec picked up a bronze at the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais, Portugal, becoming the first Slovenian sailor to ascend the podium since the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia.[4] A member of the country's Finn yacht club (Slovene: JD Finn Slovenija), Vinčec trained most of his competitive sporting career under the tutelage of his personal coach Roman Teply.

Gašper Vinčec
Personal information
Full nameGašper Vinčec
Nationality Slovenia
Born (1981-04-05) 5 April 1981
Koper, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
ClubJD Finn Sloveija
CoachRoman Teply
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing Slovenia
World Championships
2007 Cascais Finn

Vinčec made his Olympic debut in Athens 2004, sailing in the Finn class. There, he accumulated a net grade of 151 points to obtain the lowly twentieth overall spot out of 25 entrants at the end of the eleven-race series.[2][5]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Vinčec qualified for his second Slovenian team in the open Finn class. Building up his Olympic selection, he picked up a bronze at the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais, Portugal to lock the country's top Finn berth for the Games.[4][6] A potential medal favorite, Vinčec entered the final race with a myriad of top-ten marks over the past eight legs. A costly penalty on the run, however, effectively pushed Vinčec towards the back of the fleet, slipping him out of the podium to seventh overall with 72 net points.[7][8]

Vinčec sought to bid for his third consecutive trip to the Games in both London 2012 and Rio 2016, but he lost twice in a series of domestic selection regattas to multiple-time medalist Vasilij Žbogar.[9]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gašper Vinčec". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. "Vincec On Course For Beijing". World Sailing. 18 April 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  3. "Vinčec: Roglič je bil kot kača" [Vinčec: "Roglič was like a snake"] (in Slovenian). Primorske novice. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. "Sailing Worlds: Vincec Takes Bronze in Finn Class". Slovenian Press Agency. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. "Men's Finn Class". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. "Day 9: Ayton and Trujillo Win Gold". World Sailing. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. "Beijing 2008: Mixed Finn Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  8. "Razočarani Vinčec sedmi" [Disappointed Vinčec finished seventh] (in Slovenian). 24UR. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  9. "Žbogar četrti, Vinčec šesti pred regato za medalje" [Žbogar wins, Vinčec finished sixth in the medal race] (in Slovenian). Slovenske novice. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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