Theresa Zabell

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Theresa Zabell Lucas (born May 22, 1965 in Ipswich , Suffolk ) is a former Spanish sailor . With two Olympic gold medals and three world championship titles, she is one of the most successful regatta sailors ever.

Career

Zabell won the title at the Junior World Championships in the Europe class in 1985 . In 1991 she won the European Championships together with Patricia Guerra in the 470 dinghy . At the 1991 World Championships, the two finished fourth. In 1992, the two won the World Championships off Cadiz in April and the European Championships off Nieuwpoort in Belgium in June. At the 1992 Olympic Games off Barcelona, ​​the two won gold in front of the boats from New Zealand and the United States. In 1993 the Germans Ines Bohn and Sabine Rohatzsch won at the World Championships in front of Crozon-Morgat in France, behind which Zabell and Guerra received the silver medal.

From 1994 Theresa Zabell sailed with Begoña Vía Dufresne . The two won the 1994 European Championships and in 1995 they finished seventh. Two months after the European Championships, the two won the World Championships in Toronto. The two defended the world championship title at the beginning of 1996 against Porto Alegre. At the 1996 Olympic Games off Savannah, the two won ahead of the Japanese boat. Zabell resigned in 1996, a comeback attempt in 1998 was moderately successful.

The trained computer scientist Theresa Zabell sat for the Partido Popular in the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004 .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Results at world and European championships in the 470 class at sport-komplett.de
personal data
SURNAME Zabell, Theresa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zabell Lucas, Theresa (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish regatta sailor
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Ipswich , Suffolk