Cecilia Carranza Saroli (born 29 December 1986) is an
Argentine Olympic
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Competitions
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** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
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sailor
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.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the
Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in the 21st place. At the
2008 Summer Olympics she finished 8th in the same event.
Cecilia won the gold medal at the
2011 Pan American Games
The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...
. At the
2016 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal in the category Nacra 17 alongside fellow sailor
Santiago Lange
Santiago Raúl Lange (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect.
Sailing career
He studied Naval Architecture at Southampton Collage of Higher Education (now known as Solent Universi ...
.
She qualified to represent Argentina with Lange at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
. She and Lange were Argentina's flag bearers for the opening ceremony.
She was born in
Rosario,
Argentina
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.
She is openly lesbian.
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1986 births
Living people
Argentine female sailors (sport)
Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
Olympic sailors of Argentina
Olympic medalists in sailing
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
Sailors at the 2011 Pan American Games
Sportspeople from Rosario, Santa Fe
Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17
Pan American Games medalists in sailing
South American Games gold medalists for Argentina
South American Games medalists in sailing
Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Argentine LGBT sportspeople
Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17
21st-century LGBT people
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