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Jorge Salas Chávez
Jorge Alberto Salas Chávez (17 July 1914 – 24 June 1992) was an Argentina, Argentine sailor. Born in Buenos Aires, he competed at five Olympics between 1948 and 1972. He won silver at age 46 at the Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960 Olympics in the Mixed Three Person Keelboat (Dragon (keelboat), Dragon class), with Héctor Calegaris and his cousin Jorge del Río Sálas. His team had come fourth in the same event four years earlier. He is related to the Sieburger sailing clan by marriage, as his cousin Jorge del Río Sálas, Jorge del Río married Marilyn Sieburger, daughter of Enrique Sieburger, Sr. The extended Sieburger-Salas family has twenty Olympic appearances between them. See also * List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games References External links * 1914 births 1992 deaths Argentine male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Argentina Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1960 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing (sport)
The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing formats include both closed courses and point-to-point contests; they may be in sheltered waters, coast-wise or on the open ocean. Most competitions are held within defined classes or ratings that either entail one type of sailing craft to ensure a contest primarily of skill or rating the sailing craft to create classifications or handicaps. On water, a sailing competition among multiple vessels is a regatta, which usually consists of multiple individual races, where the boat crew that performs best in over the series of races is the overall winner. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing from large yacht to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
