FRANK Tanja

Austria
Sailing
24 Jan 1993
28
Female
1.67/5'5''
VIENNA
 
Austria
VIENNA
 
Austria

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SAL Sailing Women's Skiff - 49er FX
AUT
Austria
 17

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Enoshima
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 01
#1
Finished
Followed by 		Enoshima
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 02
#2
Finished
Followed by 		Enoshima
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 03
#3
Finished
Sagami
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 04
#4
Finished
Followed by 		Sagami
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 05
#5
Finished
Followed by 		Sagami
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 06
#6
Finished
Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 07
#7
Finished
Followed by 		Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 08
#8
Finished
Followed by 		Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 09
#9
Finished
Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 10
#10
Finished
Followed by 		Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 11
#11
Finished
Followed by 		Kamakura
Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 12
#12
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
3Nacra 172016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
249er FX2018Aarhus, DEN
14Nacra 172014Santander, ESP

Class World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2049er FX2020Geelong, VIC, AUS
2949er FX2019Auckland, NZL
3449er FX2017Porto, POR

Class European Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2149er FX2018La Rochelle, FRA
2349er FX2020Attersee, AUT
2949er FX2017Kiel, GER
3349er FX2019Weymouth, GBR

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
249er FX2018Gamagori, JPN
349er FX2018Miami, FL, USA
949er FX2019Marseille, FRA
1049er FX2017Miami, FL, USA
1149er FX2019Miami, FL, USA
1349er FX2017Santander, ESP
1449er FX2019Genoa, ITA
1649er FX2018Hyeres, FRA
1649er FX2017Hyeres, FRA
1749er FX2019Enoshima, JPN
2849er FX2020Enoshima, JPN
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Climbing, hiking, badminton, cooking. (sporthilfe.at, 11 Mar 2019; oeamtc.at, 15 Apr 2017)
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Army, Athlete
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Nutrition - University of Vienna, Austria
:
English, German
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Union Yachtclub Neusiedlersee [Austria]
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Luca Bursic
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Her stepfather Norbert Petschel represented Austria in sailing and finished fourth in the Tornado class at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. (sportmagazin.at, 18 Jun 2015)
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She underwent an operation on her sinuses in September 2019. (vienna.at, 06 Sep 2019)

She sustained a concussion in March 2014 after she hit her head on a mast. (news.at, 20 Apr 2014)
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She sailed alone for the first time in an Optimist boat at age two. She entered her first competition at age five. (news.at, 20 Apr 2014)
:
"I don't know when I first walked, but I know that I went sailing alone for the first time when I was two years old. My mother had a sailing school and, since she was a single parent, I was always with her, even when she had courses. At some point I said, 'I want to go sailing too'. But she thought that I was still too young for that. So then I annoyed them all day long, throwing things out of the motorboat and deflating inflatable boats. She eventually put me in an Optimist boat." (oeamtc.at, 15 Apr 2017)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram team profile, 07 Jan 2020)
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Winning bronze in the Nacra 17 class at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (medemblikregatta.org, 15 Mar 2017)
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Austrian sailors Roman Hagara and Hans-Peter Steinacher. (oeamtc.at, 15 Apr 2017)
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She and her Nacra 17 crewmate Thomas Zajac were named the 2016 Team of the Year by the Austrian Sports Journalist Association [SMA]. (skysportaustria.at, 27 Oct 2016)

General Interest

General
SWITCHING CLASSES
After winning bronze in the Nacra 17 class at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with Thomas Zajac, she switched to the 49er FX class and began competing with Lorena Abicht. "The biggest difference between sailing with a man or a woman is that male sailors don't get angry so quickly. I know it sounds strange but with a man, you can be more direct with each other. Like, 'You did this or this badly', and he will not be angry with you. For me it is quite nice to be direct on the boat. On the other hand, it is easier to talk with a girl about everything else. If you have any problems, it is nice to have a girl to talk with." (burgenland.orf.at, 12 Nov 2019; medemblikregatta.org, 15 Mar 2017)

CHILD PRODIGY
She completed high school at age 14 and went on to study at the University of Vienna in Austria, graduating with honours in nutritional science three years later. "The behaviour of a primadonna doesn't fit me, so to claim to be super clever would never enter my mind." (kurier.at, 24 Jul 2015; sportmagazin.at, 18 Jun 2015; news.at, 20 Apr 2014)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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