| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Ferdi[1] |
| Nationality |  Germany |
| Born | (1988-11-17)17 November 1988 (age 37) |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Dinghy |
| Club | Deutscher Touring Yacht Club[1] |
Ferdinand Gerz (born 17 November 1988) is a Germansailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1][2] He represented Germany, along with his partnerPatrick Follmann, in the men's 470 class at the2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training throughout most of his sporting career at Deutscher Touring Yacht Club inTutzing.[1][3]
Gerz qualified as a crew member for the German squad in themen's 470 class at the2012 Summer Olympics in London by placing fifteenth and receiving a berth from theISAF World Championships inPerth, Western Australia.[3][4][5] Teaming with skipperPatrick Follmann in the opening series, the German duo recorded a score of 105 net points to establish a 13th-place finish in a fleet of 27 boats.[6][7]
He also obtained a career best result with a single victory for the German squad at the 2012Kiel Week regatta inKiel.[8] As of September 2014, Gerz is ranked no. 13 in the world for two-persondinghy class by theInternational Sailing Federation. Coming from a sporting pedigree, Gerz is the son of legendary sailor and 1983 world championWolfgang Gerz, who finished 5th under the former West German sailing team in theFinn class at the1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[9]
