Background
Gašpić started sailing at age 12 in an Optimist dinghy, encouraged by his father.
Gašpić started sailing at age 12 in an Optimist dinghy, encouraged by his father.
He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men"s Finn class. His coach is Marin Siriscevic. The same year, he was named Dalmatia Athlete of the Year.
He later competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, placing eighth in the Finn class competition.
He first entered the top 10 in the International Sailing Federation"s Finn class world rankings in May 2006, and was placed number 1 in July 2009. He has remained in the top 5 since then, and is currently ranked third.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished in 5th place.
He competed for the first time in 1997, and became the Optimist European Champion in 1998. He went on to win other junior competitions, becoming the European Junior Laser champion in 2003 and the European and World Junior Finn class champion in 2005. He won a silver medal at the 2007 Finn European Championship. The following year, he won a bronze medal at the Finn World Championship in Denmark, and in 2011 he placed tenth in the Finn class event at the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth.
He is a member of the JK Zenta sailing club in Croatia.
