Tobias Schadewaldt

Tobias Schadewaldt ( born September 20, 1984 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a German sailor in the 49er and the Laser class.

Tobias Schadewaldt began as a child with sailing in the boat Optimist, joined at the age of 13 years in the Laser Radial class, and finally in 2001 in the Laser class. In 2004 he passed the high school and was on the Olympic Training Center in Kiel member of the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr. In addition Schadewaldt studied until 2008 Business Administration for athletes at the University of Oldenburg, then Master of Business Administration at the University of Lüneburg.

Initial successes celebrated Schadewaldt already as a junior athlete. In 1999 and 2000 he became Junior Champion Laser Radial class, 2000, the 14th World Junior Championships in Cesme. 2001 was followed by the eighth place at the ISAF Youth World Championship and the silver medal at the Youth Olympics in Murcia. The following year he won the bronze medal in Halifax at the ISAF Youth World Championship. 2003 Schadewaldt won the title in the Laser class at the Junior.

Since 2002 Schadewaldt starts at the men. At the World Championships in Cape Cod, he was 65, a year later in Cádiz 64th 2004, he was second at the Travemünde Week and at a European Cup race in Lugano. Second place at the Travemünde Week he repeated in 2005, he also was at the European Championships in Cartagena 22, 2006 in Gdynia 12 In the Netherlands, he also won the first time a European Cup races. 2007 won Schadewaldt Schwerin sailor days and was 34th at the European Championships in Hyeres and 15th at the World Championships in Cascais. This was followed in 2008 in Terrigal, a 21st place in the World Championships in Nieuwpoort and sixth place for the first time a top ten placement. Despite the change in the 49er class at first he denied further races in the Laser class. At the 2009 World Championships in Nova Scotia, he was 29, the last international laser races contested Schadewaldt 2010. During the Travemünde Week he was the third time Second, at the World Championships before Hayling Iceland he missed out Eleventh his first top- ten finish, but still managed his best World Cup placing.

2008 Schadewaldt joined the 49er class and formed now with Hannes Baumann a team. Since 2009, the duo denies international races. At the World Championships on Lake Garda, they were 27, at the European Championships in Zadar 29, 2010 they had their breakthroughs. They won the race on the Kiel and Travemünde Week, were Seventh Pre Olympics and reached the top position for the first time the German ranking list. At the World Championships in Freeport they could not defend the good results as 36 and were also at the European Championships in Sopot 16 In a World Cup race in Mallorca they were ninth. More remarkable than the result was an accident with the boat. When capsizing to Schadewaldt snagged under water and was rescued by Baumann with mouth-to- mouth resuscitation. In 2011 she again won the Kiel and Travemünde Week and were again first of the German ranking list. Good results they achieved even at the international championships: at the World Championships in Helsinki, they were 13, at the European Championships in Perth 12 So they qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Before the Games Schadewaldt / Baumann again won the Kieler Woche, were third at the World Cup in Mallorca as well as in the overall World Cup and the world rankings. At the World Championships in Zadar they missed Eleventh than just the top ten ranks. This placement they reached at the Olympic Games.

National Schadewaldt won the 1999 title in the Laser Radial class, 2002, 2008 and 2009 champion and 2005 runner-up in the Laser class, 2009, also in the Laser SB3 class. In 2009, he brought with Baumann in the 49er class his third German championship title of the year. In 2007 he won the French Championship Laser, 2008, he became Dutch champion in the 49er class. 2008 Schadewaldt was also military - European Champion on the Skippy 650