Begoña Vía Dufresne

Begoña Vía Dufresne medal table
sailing
Spain
Olympic games
gold	Atlanta 1996	470s
World championships
gold	Toronto 1995	470s
gold	Porto Alegre 1996	470s

Begoña Vía Dufresne Pereña (born February 13, 1971 in Barcelona ) is a former Spanish sailor .

successes

Begoña Vía Dufresne took part in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta in the 470 dinghy . Together with Theresa Zabell , she became Olympic champion after being in the lead after ten races and winning the final medal race . With a total of 25 points, they finished the regatta in first place, ahead of the Japanese and Ukrainian boats. In addition, Vía Dufresne and Zabell were joint world champions in Toronto in 1995 and again in Porto Alegre in 1996, and in 1994 they won the European Championships in Röbel .

Her younger sister Natalia Vía Dufresne was also an Olympic sailor.

Web links

• Begoña Vía Dufresne in the database of World Sailing (English)
• Begoña Vía Dufresne in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )