Jordi Calafat

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Jordi Calafat medal table

sailing

SpainSpain 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

Jordi Joan Calafat Estelrich (born June 24, 1968 in Palma ) is a former Spanish sailor .

successes

Jordi Calafat took part in the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 and in Atlanta in 1996 with Francisco Sánchez in the 470 dinghy . 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 Calafat and Sánchez won the silver medal in 1989 and 1990, before they won the title in Cádiz in 1992 and in Crozon in 1993 .

In the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 he was a crew member of the yacht Telefonica Black , which took third place. 2011–2012 he finished fourth with the Telefónica team in the yacht of the same name.

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personal data
SURNAME Calafat, Jordi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Calafat Estelrich, Jordi Joan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish sailor
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Palma , Spain