Natalia Vía Dufresne Pereña (born 10 June 1973) is a Spanish sport sailor. She was born in

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 ...

. She was originally an Optimist sailor, but switched to 470’s at the age of 15. She won two bronze medals in the World Championships, two Olympic silver medals (in

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and in

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), with crew member, Sandra Azón. Her current crew is Laia Tutzó. Her sister is Begoña Vía Dufresne.

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* * 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Barcelona Spanish female sailors (sport) Spanish people of French descent Sailors from Catalonia Olympic sailors for Spain Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic silver medalists for Spain Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Europe Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470 Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Spain-yachtracing-bio-stub