Juan Costas
Personal information | |
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Full name | Juan Costas Tordera |
Nationality | Spanish |
Born | Barcelona, Spain | 26 June 1945
Died | 2 September 2018 Blanes, Spain | (aged 73)
Height | 1.82 m (6.0 ft) |
Sailing career | |
Class(es) | Star, Soling, Snipe |
Club | |
Updated on 27 February 2020. |
Juan Costas Tordera[a] (26 June 1945 – 2 September 2018)[1] was a sailor from Spain, who represented his country at two Olympic Games. The first time was the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario, Canada as helmsman in the Soling. With crew members Félix Anglada and Humberto Costas they took the 12th place. The second appearance was the 1988 Summer Olympics in Busan, South Korea as helmsman in the Star. With crew member José Pérez they took the 17th place.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Costas and the second or maternal family name is Tordera.
References[]
- ^ Delgado, Arturo (3 September 2018). "Obituario. La clase Snipe, y la Vela, han sufrido una gran pérdida con la fallecimiento de "Janik"". www.masmar.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan Costas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
External links[]
- Juan Costas Tordera at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- Juan Costas Tordera at the International Olympic Committee
- Juan Costas Tordera at Olympics.com
- Juan Costas at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1945 births
- 2018 deaths
- Spanish male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors of Spain
- Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling
- Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Star
- Sportspeople from Barcelona
- Snipe class sailors
- Spanish yacht racing biography stubs