Michael Hestbæk (born 19 May 1969 in Copenhagen) is a Danish Olympic sailor in the Star and 49er classes.^[1] He finished 9th in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, in the Star and in the 49er classes respectively, in 11th at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Star category again,^[2] and took a bronze medal at the 2012 Star World Championships.^{[citation needed]}