Background
Roland Gäbler grew up in Bremen, where he started sailing on the river Weser.
Roland Gäbler grew up in Bremen, where he started sailing on the river Weser.
He competed in five Olympic Games. During the rough regatta Roland Gäbler suffered a fracture of his hand. Job reasons forced Hans-Jürgen Pfohe to quit sailing in 1989.
Also the cooperation with Frank Parlow was fruitful: they qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona (11 place) and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta (7 place).
In 2001 Roland Gäbler became German head coach of the Deutscher Segler-Verband for the Tornado and 49er class. Roland Gäbler together with the adventurer and balloonist Steve Fossett also established a world record in high-speed sailing on the catamaran PlayStation (34m length) in 2001.
Together they sailed the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 (11 place). Together they are 6 times Mixed World Champions and 6 times Mixed European Champions in a row, and in 2013 and 2015 they also become European Champions in the Open Tornado (sailboat).
In 2010 Roland Gäbler wins the biggest blue ribbon race on lake Balaton with the Ventilo M2 multihull with the boatowner Rolf Hufnagel.
In the season 2011 Roland Gäbler is skipper on the Extreme 40 named Team Extreme in Extreme Sailing Series.