José 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]
Biography[]
He is the brother of Gustavo Doreste and Luis Doreste, and the uncle of Manuel Doreste. Doreste is a five-time Olympian.
Notes[]
- ^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Doreste and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.
References[]
- ^ José 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". Retrieved 16 March 2019.
External links[]
- Jose Luis Doreste at World Sailing
- José Luis Doreste at the International Olympic Committee
- José Luis Doreste at Olympics.com
- José Luis Doreste at Olympedia
- José Luís Doreste Blanco at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
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- Living people
- Spanish male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors of Spain
- Olympic gold medalists for Spain
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Finn
- Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Finn
- Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Star
- Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Finn
- Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Star
- Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria sailors
- Star class world champions
- Volvo Ocean Race sailors
- Finn class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Spain
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