Francisco Sánchez (sailor)

Francisco Sánchez medal table
sailing
Spain
Olympic games
gold	Barcelona 1992	470s
World championships
silver	Tsu 1989	470s
silver	Medemblik 1990	470s
gold	Cadiz 1992	470s
gold	Crozon 1993	470s

Francisco "Kiko" Sánchez Luna (born September 19, 1965 in Alicante ) is a former Spanish sailor .

successes

Francisco Sánchez took part in the Olympic Games three times in the 470 dinghy . With Fernando León he missed in 1988 in Seoul in fourth just under to win a medal. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 and in Atlanta in 1996 he took part with Jordi Calafat . In 1992 they took first place in front of Kevin Burnham and Morgan Reeser and Tõnu and Toomas Tõniste and became Olympic champions with a total of 50 points . Four years later they finished the regatta in ninth place. At world championships , Sánchez and Calafat won the silver medal in 1989 and 1990, before they won the title in Cádiz in 1992 and in Crozon in 1993 .

Web links

• Francisco Sánchez in the database of World Sailing (English)
• Francisco Sánchez in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )