Florian Schneeberger

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameFlorian•Schneeberger
Used nameFlorian•Schneeberger
Born13 March 1971 in Erlangen, Bayern (GER)
Measurements190 cm / 79 kg
AffiliationsUYC Mondsee, Mondsee (AUT)
NOC Austria

Biography

Florian, brother of Markus Schneeberger, was an Austrian sailor participating at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. He partnered Andreas Hagara in the multihull tornado class, and the pair finished an unfortunate fourth. Together they won three medals in the European Tornado Championships, gold in 1996, and silver in 1993 and 1995.

Schneeberger later became an industrial project manager and chief technology officer of the machine automation division of ABB (a leading technology company in the fields of electrification and automation) from 2022. He was promoted to division leader in 2025.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1996 Summer Olympics Sailing AUT Florian Schneeberger
Multihull, Open (Olympic) Andreas Hagara 4

Olympic family relations