Jolanta Ogar

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Jolanta Ogar (left) and Lara Vadlau with the award as Austrian Team of the Year 2014

Jolanta Ogar-Hill (born April 28, 1982 in Brzesko , Poland ) is a Polish sailor who competed for Austria from 2013-2016 . Together with her teammate Lara Vadlau , she has won multiple world and European championships in the 470 class .

Life

Initially active in volleyball , Ogar switched to sailing at the age of 26. She took part in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for Poland .

Since 2013 she has been sailing as a crew member with the Austrian sailor Lara Vadlau and together they won silver at the 2013 sailing world championships and gold in 2014 , as the first Austrian women's team.

In June 2014 Ogar became an Austrian citizen.

In 2014, Jolanta Ogar and Lara Vadlau were named Team of the Year by the Austrian Sports Journalists' Association . In 2015 they won another title in the 470 class at the World Cup in Haifa .

She has been back for Poland since 2017.

Private life

Jolanta Ogar is a lesbian .

Achievements and Awards

  • Gold medal 470 Sailing World Championship 2015 in Haifa , Israel
  • Gold medal 470 Sailing World Championship 2014 in Santander , Spain
  • Bronze medal 470 World Sailing Championships 2016 in San Isidro (Buenos Aires) , Argentina
  • Gold medal 470 European Sailing Championship 2016 in Palma , Spain
  • Gold medal 470 European Sailing Championship 2014 in Athens , Greece
  • Silver medal 470 Sailing World Championship 2013 in La Rochelle , France
  • Silver medal 470 European Sailing Championships 2013 in Formia , Italy
  • Bronze medal 470 European Sailing Championship 2017 in Monaco
  • Austria's team of the year 2014

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vadlau / Ogar: The team of the year is only just beginning. In: derStandard.at . October 30, 2014, accessed September 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Stefan Sigwarth: World Championship gold for sailors Vadlau / Ogar. In: kurier.at . September 20, 2014, archived from the original on October 14, 2014 ; accessed on September 16, 2019 . World Cup silver in the 470 for Vadlau / Ogar. In: kleinezeitung.at . August 10, 2013, archived from the original on September 25, 2014 ; accessed on September 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ 21 athletes naturalized. In: derstandard.at. June 3, 2014, accessed September 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Aneta Olender: “Zdobywamy medale dla tej samej Polski”. Mistrzyni świata w żeglarstwie o homofobii w sporcie i swojej żonie. In: naTemat.pl. March 19, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Ogar, Jolanta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish-Austrian sailor
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Brzesko , Poland