High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xabier Fernández Gaztañaga (born October 19, 1976 in Ibarra, Guipúzcoa, Basque Country) is a Spanish sailor and olympic champion. Fernandez won a gold medal in the 49er class with Iker Martínez at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Ibarra is a town and municipality located in the province of Guipúzcoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. By 2003 INE figures Ibarra had a total population of 4,374.