Juan Ignacio Maegli Agüero (born 21 July 1988, in

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) is a

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n sailor who competed at the

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and

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in the Laser class event where he finished 33rd and 9th respectively. He was the flag bearer for Guatemala during the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony.

College

He won the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship with the College of Charleston in 2013 and was named College Sailor of the Year that same year.

Olympic Games

He competed for Guatemala at the

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in Laser class event where he finished 8th. He was the flag bearer for Guatemala during the closing ceremony. He represented Guatemala at the

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serving as a flag bearer during the Parade of Nations. He finished 19th in the Laser division. His father

Juan Maegli Juan Estuardo Maegli Novella (born 15 April 1958) is a Guatemalan sailor. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, the 1980 Summer Olympics, and the 1984 Summer Olympics. His son Juan Ignacio Maegli Juan Ignacio Maegli Agüero (born 21 July ...

was also an Olympic sailor for Guatemala.

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* * * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Guatemala City Guatemalan male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Guatemala Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Pan American Games gold medalists for Guatemala Pan American Games bronze medalists for Guatemala Sailors at the 2007 Pan American Games Sailors at the 2011 Pan American Games Sailors at the 2015 Pan American Games Charleston Cougars sailors ICSA College Sailor of the Year Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser Pan American Games medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Laser 20th-century Guatemalan people 21st-century Guatemalan people {{Guatemala-yachtracing-bio-stub