Juan Manuel Alonso-Allende Allende (8 December 1918 – 10 March 1984) was a Spanish Olympic sailor that competed in three Olympic Games between 1948 and 1968. Alonso-Allende also was a world-class competitor in the Snipe,

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and Flying Dutchman classes. He won the Snipe class world championship in 1957. Besides, he won the first edition of the Spanish championship of the class in 1942 as a crew with his brother, José Maria, and as a skipper in 1956 and 1957. In the Star class, he was Spanish national champion in 1943, 1945, 1947, 1966, 1967 and 1968.

Olympic Games

Alonso-Allende sailed at 3 different Olympic Games: * 19th place in Firefly at

London 1948 The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London London is the capital and largest city of England ...

. * 11th place in Flying Dutchman at

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. * 18th place in Star at

Mexico 1968 The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

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* * * 1918 births 1984 deaths Spanish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Spain Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Firefly Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Star Snipe class world champions World champions in sailing for Spain Sportspeople from Bilbao Sailors (sport) from the Basque Country (autonomous community) {{Spain-yachtracing-bio-stub