Fernando León Boissier (born 28 May 1966) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the

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in Atlanta and won a gold medal in the Tornado class, together with José Luis Ballester. He also won the

Youth Sailing World Championships The ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships was first held in Sweden in 1971 and it has been held every year since. It is one of the key events of the federation to help promote top-level youth participation. Editions Equipment Gender Guide ...

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in 1982,12th IYRU Youth Sailing World Championships 420Open
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Snipe European Championship The Snipe European Championship is an international sailing regatta in the Snipe class and the most important European competition of the class. It was previously called the ''Europe and Africa Snipe Class Championship''. It takes place every two ...

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* 1966 births Living people Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic sailors of Spain Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria sailors Spanish male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Tornado Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Tornado Snipe class sailors Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Green Comm Racing sailors Tornado class world champions World champions in sailing for Spain 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-Olympic-medalist-stub