Natalia Vía Dufresne

Natalia Vía Dufresne medal table
Natalia Vía Dufresne (2011)
sailing
Spain
Olympic games
silver	Barcelona 1992	Europe
silver	Athens 2004	470s
World championships
bronze	Auckland 1995	Europe
bronze	Balaton 2000	470s
bronze	Koper 2001	470s

Natalia Vía Dufresne Pereña (born June 10, 1973 in Barcelona ) is a former Spanish sailor .

successes

Natalia Vía Dufresne took part in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona in the boat class Europe and won the silver medal in this. With 57.4 points she took second place behind Linda Andersen and in front of Julia Trotman . Three years later she secured the bronze medal at the World Championships in Auckland . She then switched to the 470 dinghy , with which she started at three other Olympic Games . She finished the 2000 Games in Sydney with Sandra Azón in sixth place. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , she won the silver medal with Azón after completing the regatta thanks to 62 points behind the Greek and ahead of the Swedish boat. In 2008 she did not get past tenth place with Laia Tutzo in Beijing . In the 470 dinghy she won two more bronze medals at world championships with Sandra Azón: 2000 at Balaton and 2001 in Koper . In 2003 she also became European champion.

Her older sister, Begoña Vía Dufresne, was also an Olympic sailor.

Web links

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