- Carlos Espínola (sailor)
Carlos Mauricio Espínola (born
October 5 ,1971 inCorrientes ) is an Argentinewindsurf er.Nickname d "Camau", Espínola started training at the "Club Náutico de La Totora" in his home province, to obtain his first achievement of importance, a silver medal, during thePan American Games held in 1991 inLa Habana . In the following games, held inMar del Plata in 1995, Espínola obtained the golden medal.A year later he received the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics held in
Atlanta ; medal he would get also inSydney the following Olympic Games. In 1998, he get the golden medal in theEurope an windsurf Championship held inGreece .Espínola then decided to change category, from Mistral (windsurf) to Tornado, with
Santiago Lange he got a bronze medal at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens , and then again in the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing , becoming the Argentine sportsman with most Olympic medals.References
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/carlos-espinola-1.html sports-reference]
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