Federico Esposito
Personal information
Nationality Italy
Born (1986-07-02) 2 July 1986
Piombino, Italy
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sailing career
ClassSailboard
ClubFiamme Oro[1][2][3]
CoachAdriano Stella[2]

Federico Esposito (born 2 July 1986) is an Italian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. He was born in Piombino.[2][4] He represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has been currently training for Fiamma Oro Sport Club (Italian: Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro) under his personal coach and mentor Adriano Stella.[3] As of September 2013, Esposito is ranked no. 45 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation.

Biography

Esposito competed in the men's RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by finishing thirty-sixth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[5] Struggling to attain a top position in the opening series, Esposito accumulated a net score of 269 points to pick up a thirty-fourth spot in a fleet of thirty-eight windsurfers.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Windsurf" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Federico Esposito". London 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 "CONI Profile – Federico Esposito" (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Federico Esposito". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Campionato del Mondo classi Olimpiche: l'Italia si qualifica in RS:X, Laser Radial, Finn e 470 man's ai prossimi Giochi di Londra" [Olympic classes at the World Championships: Italy qualifies in the men's RS: X, Laser Radial, Finn and 470 for the London Games] (in Italian). Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle. 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Men's RS:X". London 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Londra 2012: Day 8. Sensini in Medal Vittoria di Conti-Micol" [London 2012: Day 8. Sensini and Conti-Micol races to medal victory] (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Vela. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2013.


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