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Luis Doreste Blanco (born 7 March 1961 in
Luis Doreste Blanco (born 7 March 1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the auto ...
, Las Palmas
Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean.
It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the auto ...
) 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 ...
who won gold medal both in the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...
(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 ...
), and in 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 ...
in Barcelona
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(Flying Dutchman
The ''Flying Dutchman'' ( nl, De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Du ...
).
A member of Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria, Doreste became World Champion in 1985 (Flying Dutchman), and again in 1995 (Soling
The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics (Kiel) until the 2000 Olympics (Sydney) as " Open Three Person Keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soli ...
). He is three times European Champion, from 1976 ( Optimist), 1985 (470) and 1988 (Flying Dutchman). He is a four-time Olympian.
Doreste took the Athlete's Oath at Barcelona in 1992. He is the brother of Manuel Doreste, Gustavo Doreste and José Doreste
José Luis Doreste Blanco (born 19 September 1956) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he won a gold medal in the Finn (dinghy), ...
.
He skippered Desafío Español 2007 at the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup
The 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia, Spain, from April 16 to June 6 was the event used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup. Eleven potential challengers competed in the competition which consisted of two round robins, t ...
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* 1961 births Living people 2000 America's Cup sailors 2007 America's Cup sailors Flying Dutchman class world champions Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Oath takers at the Olympic Games Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic sailors of Spain Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria sailors Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling Spanish male sailors (sport) World champions in sailing for Spain Soling class world champions Sportspeople from Las Palmas 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-yachtracing-bio-stub