Andreas Hanakamp (born 1 July 1966) is an Austrian sailor who has competed in two Olympic Games as well many other sailing events including the 1996 Hong-Kong-Challenge, Bacardi Cup, Rolex Fastnet Race and most recently, is competing in the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race.
Hanakamp has sailed over 150,000 miles offshore, with 30,000 miles offshore racing experience. Andreas works as a professional sailor and also owns his own sailing services company based in Austria. He is married to Nicole, they have three children; Lisa, Nicola and Marie.
Hanakamp is an ambassador to the Year of the Dolphin project.
Hanakamp was the press officer for the 2001âÂÂ02 Volvo Ocean Race, and skipper for Team Russia in the 2008âÂÂ09 Volvo Ocean Race.