Carlos Espínola

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Carlos Espínola (left) with his sailing partner Santiago Lange, 2008

Carlos Mauricio Espínola (born October 5, 1971 in Corrientes ), nicknamed Camau , is an Argentine windsurfer , sailor and later politician. With two bronze and two silver Olympic medals , Espinola was the first Argentine Olympian to win four medals.

Athletic career

Espínola first trained as a windsurfer at the Club Náutico de La Totora in his home province . His first major success was winning the silver medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana , Cuba . At the following Pan American Games in 1995 in Mar del Plata , Argentina, Espínola won the gold medal.

In 1996 Espínola was named Argentina's Sportsman of the Year ( Olimpia de Oro ). At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta ( USA ) he received the silver medal in windsurfing. He repeated this success at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney . He also won the gold medal at the European windsurfing championship in Greece in 1998 .

After this success, Carlos Mauricio Espínola decided to change the sport. Instead of windsurfing, he started at the two following Olympic Games in the Tornado class , the fastest Olympic sailing class to date. In this discipline he won at the 2004 Games in Athens , held at the Olympic Sailing Center Agios Kosmas , and at the 2008 Games in Beijing , held at the International Sailing Center Qingdao , respectively the bronze medal for Argentina. His boat partner was Santiago Lange in both competitions .

Political career

After his sporting career, Espínola turned to politics. In 2009 he was elected mayor of the provincial capital Corrientes for the Jusitzialist Party . He held this office until 2013. From 2014 to 2015 he was Minister of Sport under the President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner . In 2015 he was elected as a member of the Senado , the Argentine upper house.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 24CON - Lucha, la única argentina que cuatro Gano medallas. October 29, 2013, accessed October 7, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Olimpias de oro ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.cpd.com.ar. Retrieved September 4, 2019. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cpd.com.ar
  3. ^ A b Carlos Camau Espínola - LA NACION. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Honorable Senado de la Nación Argentina. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Espínola, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Camau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine windsurfer and sailor
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Corrientes, Argentina