VADNAI Benjamin

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
33	Laser	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
39	Laser	2018	Aarhus, DEN
73	Laser	2014	Santander, ESP

Class World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Laser	2017	Split, CRO
20	Laser	2019	Sakaiminato, JPN
23	Laser	2020	Melbourne, VIC, AUS

Class European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
20	Laser	2019	Porto, POR
26	Laser	2018	La Rochelle, FRA
37	Laser	2020	Gdansk, POL
56	Laser	2017	Barcelona, ESP

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Laser	2019	Genoa, ITA
15	Laser	2021	Medemblik, NED
16	Laser	2019	Enoshima, JPN
17	Laser	2018	Hyeres, FRA
20	Laser	2018	Gamagori, JPN
22	Laser	2018	Miami, FL, USA
26	Laser	2017	Miami, FL, USA
31	Laser	2020	Enoshima, JPN
44	Laser	2017	Hyeres, FRA

Benji (vadnaisailing.hu, 09 Jun 2016)

Making coffee. (aquamagazin.hu, 27 Jul 2020)

Athlete

Commerce, English, Marketing - Budapest Business School Faculty of Commerce, Hospitality and Tourism, Hungary

English, Hungarian, Spanish

Balatonfured Yacht Club [Hungary]

His younger brother Jonatan has represented Hungary in sailing, and competed in Laser at the 2020 Class World Championships in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. His father Peter Vadnai was a professional sailor who was the national champion, while his uncle Tamas Vadnai competed in the sport at national level. (aquamagazin.hu, 27 Jul 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 28 Jul 2016; vadnaisailing.hu, 09 Jun 2016)

He began sailing at age six, and entered his first race at age seven. (sailing.org, 21 Mar 2016)

He was born into a sailing family. "Grandpa had a sailboat that the family often went out on." (aquamagazin.hu, 27 Jul 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (vadnaisailing.hu, 02 Oct 2019)

He usually trains twice a day. (sailingcentral.co, 04 Jan 2019)

Winning gold in Laser Radial at the 2010 Class World Youth Championships in Al Musannah, Oman. (sailingcentral.co, 04 Jan 2019)

His parents. (aquamagazin.hu, 27 Jul 2020)

"Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try." (sailingcentral.co, 04 Jan 2019)