Patrick Loliger

Patrick Loliger

Loliger at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Single sculls
2011 Guadalajara Quad sculls
Central American and Caribbean Games
2010 Mayagüez Single sculls
2006 Cartagena Single sculls
Royal Canadian Henley Regatta
2005 Canada Quad sculls
2000 Canada Double sculls
2001 Canada Quad sculls
2004 Canada Single sculls
2004 Canada Quad sculls
2005 Canada Double sculls
2001 Canada Double sculls
Regatta of America
2000 Canada Double sculls
Canammex
2002 USA Double sculls
2002 USA Quad sculls
2001 Canada Quad sculls
USA National
2005 USA Single sculls
2005 USA Double sculls
2005 USA Quad sculls
Grand Prix
2007 USA Single sculls
2007 USA Quad sculls
Pre-Olympic
2012 Argentina Single sculls
2007 Brazil Single sculls
Ratzeburg Regatta
2010 Germany Single sculls
Duisburg Regatta
2008 Germany Single sculls
International Regatta
2008 Belgium Single sculls
Nations Cup
2009 Italy Single sculls
2010 Italy Single sculls
2011 Italy Single sculls
World University Championship
2012 Russia Single sculls

Patrick Alexandre Ernst Loliger Salas (born June 20, 1985) is a Mexican rower who has made a name for himself around the globe due to his various participations in rowing competitions such as the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, and most recently in the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Loliger was born in Mexico City. He is the second child of Rolf Loliger (Swiss) and Angelica Salas (Mexican). He grew up in a very family-oriented environment, and began practicing sports at Real Club España. He is currently a student at the prestigious Tecnológico de Monterrey (Campus Ciudad de Mexico), where he is pursuing a degree in International Business.

Loliger has earned a handful of medals in regattas all around the world, including the Ratzeburger and Wedau Regattas in Germany, the Gent in Belgium, the Paolo D Aloja in Italy, and most recently, he became the first Mexican rower to win a medal at the World University Championship in Kazan, Russia.

He earned two medals at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, and his biggest achievement took place in Argentina later than year when he beat his biggest competitor and role model, Santiago Fernández, who placed 4th in the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics.

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