Eric Mergenthaler (2 September 1963 – 15 April 2020) was a Mexican Olympic sailor. He competed at the highest levels of the sport in the

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class and won honorific medals in three

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, including the golden medal in Cádiz, making him World Champion in 1992. Mergenthaler also represented Mexico in the

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, and

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Summer Olympic games. Mergenthaler died on 15 April 2020 following a bicycle accident four days prior in

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. He was 56.

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1963 births 2020 deaths Mexican male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Finn Olympic sailors for Mexico Finn class world champions Finn class sailors Cycling road incident deaths {{Mexico-yachtracing-bio-stub