Domingo Manrique (born 24 February 1962) is a Spanish

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

, world champion and Olympic champion. Manrique was born in

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. He won a gold medal at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' ( nl, De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dut ...

).Profile: Domingo Manrique
''sports-reference.com'' (Retrieved on 16 December 2008) Flying Dutchman 1992 Olimpic Champion

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1962 births Living people Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic sailors for Spain Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria sailors Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Soling Snipe class sailors Spanish male sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Las Palmas Soling class world champions Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-yachtracing-bio-stub