Career
Hagara was the Flagbearer for the Austrian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. Since 2009 he has focused more on the big boat scene with Hans-Peter Steinacher, including competing on an America’s Cup yacht. Under the flag of the United States for San Francisco’s Golden Gate Yacht Club, the duo competed in a 2013 America’s Cup World Series event in Naples, Italy.
Racing this event gave the team firsthand experience in what has become Hagara and Steinacher’s primary focus, mentoring the next generation of sailors on the next generation of sail boats: hydrofoils.
Roman Hagara is currently also the skipper for Red Bulletin Extreme Sailing Team in the With the series" announcement that foiling catamarans will be part of its future, Hagara and Steinacher have taken on a full crew of athletes who honed their skills in the Red Bulletin Youth America’s Cup. As of 2015, Roman Hagara and Hans-Peter Steinacher mentor young sailors in three series: as sports directors of Red Bulletin Foiling Generation and the Red Bulletin Youth America’s Cup, and as leaders of the Red Bulletin Extreme Sailing Team that competes in the Hagara and Steinacher look for the best and most talented sailors in their respective age groups to give them insights and show them a new way of sailing.
Originally trained in windsurfing, Roman Hagara soon competed against his now team mate Hans-Peter Steinacher, until they decided in 1997 to train for the 2000 Olympics together. Before 1997, Roman Hagara worked as crew, then changed to skipper.
In the 2000 Olympics, the team was the very first to work with customized sails.
Since then, the team has always focused on being ahead of technological developments, which now shows in their involvement in the foiling technology.
