Pierre Collura

Pierre Angelo Collura (né Rakutuarisua;[1] born 19 July 1989) is a Finnish former sailor, who specialized in the Laser class.[2] He was born in Madagascar, and when he was four months old, a Finnish woman and an Italian man adopted him.[1] Collura finished among the top fifteen sailors in the Laser Radial class at the 2005 ISAF Youth World Championships in Fortaleza, Brazil and represented his maternal homeland Finland in the senior Laser class at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3][4] Collura trained under the tutelage of his personal coach Alp Alpagut, while sailing separately for two different clubs at his parents' homebases, namely Lahden Purjehdusseura in Lahti and Circulo Vela Torbole in Torbole, Italy.[5]

Pierre Collura
Personal information
Full namePierre Angelo Collura
Nationality Finland
Born (1989-07-19) 19 July 1989
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
ClubLahden Purjehdusseura
CoachAlp Alpagut (TUR)

Collura competed for the Finnish sailing team, as a 19-year-old, in the Laser class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Building up to his maiden Games, he stood thirtieth, well ahead of two-time Olympian Roope Suomalainen, to lock the country's Laser spot at the Semaine Olympique Française three months earlier in Hyères, France.[3] Collura got off to a comfortable start with a top-ten finish on the second leg, but a double yellow-flag penalty saw him tumble down the scoreboard to thirtieth overall after ten races, accumulating a net score of 198.[6][7]

Collura has dual citizenship of Finland and Italy.[1]

References
  1. Holopainen, Pekka (9 May 2020). "Kulkutauti tappoi kuusi perheenjäsentä – Suomen olympiaurheilija hylättiin vauvana: "En ole selvittänyt sukuni kohtaloa"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pierre Collura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. "Sari Multala putoamassa Pekingin olympiajoukkueesta" [Sari Multala misses team selection for the Beijing Olympics] (in Finnish). MTV3. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. "New Race Winners". World Sailing. 15 December 2005. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. "Pierre Angelo Collura" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  6. "Beijing 2008: Men's Laser Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. "Purjehtija Goodisonin ei kannattanut lopettaa" [Sailor Goodison did not want to retire] (in Finnish). MTV3. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2020.


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