Jordi Calafat (born 27 June 1968) 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 ...

and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the

470 Class The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork i ...

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 ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

, together with

Kiko Sánchez Francisco Sánchez Luna, known as Kiko Sánchez (born 19 September 1965) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 class at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast ...

. He joined Alinghi and helped them prepare for the

2007 America's Cup The 2007 America's Cup was the thirty-second challenge for the America's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race. The Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta and '' Match Race'' in the sport of sailing. As per the Deed of Gift o ...

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* 1968 births Living people Spanish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Spain Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in sailing Optimist class world champions Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Alinghi sailors World champions in sailing for Spain 470 class world champions 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-yachtracing-bio-stub