Iago López (sailor)
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Iago López Marra |
Born | 7 April 1990 Portosín, Spain | (age 31)
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
Sailing career | |
Class(es) | 49er |
Iago López Marra[a] (born 7 April 1990 in Portosín, Galicia) is a Spanish sailor.[1][2] He started sailing in his hometown of Portosín when he was twelve years old. He later moved to Santander and teamed up with Diego Botín. The duo placed 9th at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 4th at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Career[]
López began sailing at the age of 11 at the Real Club Náutico Portosín competing in the Optimist 420 and 470 classes. When he was 18, he joined the High-Performance Sailing Center of Santander, where he combined regattas with his studies in naval engineering.
In the 2013 season, he was part of the crew of the Swan 80, Plis Play, which won the Fastnet Race in Plymouth.
During the 2014 season, he was a member of the 100-foot super maxi Esimit / Europa which performed in the Mediterranean circuit.
He was a team member for the Spanish SailGP team and Star Sailors League.[3][needs update] He competed in the 69F and A classes, in which he won vice-champion at Spain 2020 and champion at France 2021.[citation needed]
In the 2022 season, he began the year aboard the Comanche, skippered by Mitch Booth, winning the RORC 2022 transatlantic and IMA Trophy. The Comanche set a new race record for the 3,000 nautical mile course from Lanzarote to Granada of 7 days, 22 hours, 1 minute, and 4 seconds. The new record broke the previous record by more than two days.
International results[]
Year | Place | Medal | Class |
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Geelong ( Australia) | 49er | ||
Year | Place | Medal | Class |
Barcelona ( Spain) | 49er | ||
Gdynia ( Poland) | 49er | ||
Weymouth ( United Kingdom) | 49er | ||
Year | Place | Medal | Class |
Auckland ( New Zealand) | 49er | ||
Geelong ( Australia) | 49er | ||
year | Place | Medal | Class |
Hyeres ( France) | 49er | ||
Miami ( United States) | 49er | ||
Miami ( United States) | 49er | ||
Year | Place | Medal | Class |
Kiel ( Germany) | 49er | ||
Year | Place | Medal | Class |
Palma ( Spain) | 49er | ||
Palma ( Spain) | 49er | ||
Palma ( Spain) | 49er | ||
Year | Place | Medal | Class |
( Netherlands) | 49er |
Notes[]
- ^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Marra.
References[]
- ^ "LOPEZ MARRA Iago". Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "49er - Iago Botín y Iago López Marra, presente y futuro". rfev.es (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Sailing Federation. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Spain SailGP Team News, Features, Exclusives, Athletes, Stats".
External links[]
- Iago López Marra at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- Iago López Marra at World Sailing
- Series: 2018 A-Cat World Championship - OPEN at MySailingClub
- Iago Lopez Marra at the International Olympic Committee
- Iago Lopez Marra at Olympics.com
- Iago López at Olympedia
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Spanish male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors of Spain
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er
- Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er
- Spanish sportspeople stubs