Iker Martínez de Lizarduy
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| Full name | Iker Martínez de Lizarduy Lizarribar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1977 Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class | 49er | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Iker Martínez de Lizarduy Lizarribar (born 16 June 1977 in Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country) is a Basque Spanish sailor and olympic champion. Martínez de Lizarduy won a gold medal in the 49er class with Xabier Fernández at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The same pairing won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Iker Martínez was skipper for Team Telefónica in the 2011-2012 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, with Fernandez also being a team member. They were also named ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year 2011, finding out while they were competing in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race.
He also skippered Spanish yacht MAPFRE in the 2014–2015 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, albeit he skipped a few legs to prepare himself for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
He won his 1st Medal in the 49er World Championships