Jorge Alberto Salas Chávez (17 July 1914 – 24 June 1992) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

sailor. Born in Buenos Aires, he competed at five Olympics between 1948 and 1972. He won silver at age 46 at the

1960 Olympics The 1960 Olympics may refer to: *The 1960 Winter Olympics, which were held in Squaw Valley, United States *The 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympi ...

in the Mixed Three Person Keelboat ( Dragon class), with Héctor Calegaris and his cousin Jorge del Río Sálas. His team had come fourth in the same event four years earlier. He is related to the Sieburger sailing clan by marriage, as his cousin

Jorge del Río Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius' ...

married Marilyn Sieburger, daughter of Enrique Sieburger, Sr. The extended Sieburger-Salas family has twenty Olympic appearances between them.

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* 1914 births 1992 deaths Argentine male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Argentina Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Dragon Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent {{Argentina-yachtracing-bio-stub

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