José Luis Doreste
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| Full name | José Luis Doreste Blanco | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 1956[1] Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | Finn, Star | ||||||||||||||||||||
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José Luis Doreste Blanco[a] (born 19 September 1956) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class.[2][3] In 1998–99, he was a crewmember on Fortuna Extra Lights in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.[4]
He is in the Finn & Star classes
Biography
He is the brother of Gustavo Doreste and Luis Doreste, and the uncle of Manuel Doreste. He is a five-time Olympian.
He won his 1st medal in the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Notes
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Doreste and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.
References
- ^ José Luis Doreste at Olympedia
- ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "José Luis Doreste". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Archive Volvo Ocean Race". Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
External links
- José Luis Doreste at World Sailing (archive)
- José Luis Doreste at Olympics.com
- José Luis Doreste at Olympic.org (archived)
- José Luis Doreste at Olympedia
- José Luís Doreste Blanco (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archived)