Alejandro Abascal
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| Full name | Alejandro Tomas Abascal García | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 July 1952 Santander, Cantabria, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alejandro Tomas Abascal García[a] (born 15 July 1952) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class, together with Miguel Noguer. This was Spain's third Olympic Gold Summer Medal, and their first since 1928.[1]
Previously, he was Vaurien World Championship in 1974 and Spanish Junior national champion in Snipe in 1971.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Abascal and the second or maternal family name is García.
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alejandro Abascal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
External links
[edit]- Alejandro Abascal Garcia at World Sailing
- Alejandro Abascal Garcia at Olympics.com
- Alejandro Abascal at Olympedia
- Alejandro Tomas Abascal García at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archived)
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