Carlos de Cardenas Plá
| Carlos de Cárdenas Plá medal table |
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 Cuba
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 Olympic games
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| silver | London 1948 | star |
 Sailing world championships
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| gold | Cascais 1954 | star |
| gold | Havana 1955 | star |
Carlos de Cárdenas Plá (born July 7, 1932 in Havana ) is a former Cuban sailor .
successes
Carlos de Cárdenas Plá took part in the Olympic Games three times . At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 he won the silver medal in the star boat with his father Carlos de Cárdenas Culmell . They scored 4849 points and finished the competition behind the father-son duo Hilary and Paul Smart from the United States and ahead of the Dutch Bob Maas and Edward Stutterheim in second place. In 1952 in Helsinki, however , the two just missed another medal win as fourth. Eight years later , Carlos de Cárdenas entered the regatta in Rome in the star boat with his brother Jorge , with whom he finished 13th.
In 1954 in Cascais and 1955 in Havana, Carlos de Cárdenas Plá and his father Carlos de Cárdenas Culmell were both world champions in the star boat .
Web links
- Carlos de Cárdenas Plá in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Carlos de Cárdenas Plá in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cárdenas Plá, Carlos de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Havana , Cuba |