Diego Emilio Romero Paschetta (born 5 December 1974 in Córdoba, Argentina) is an Argentine-Italian sailor. He earned a

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in Laser at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

on Lake Winnipeg, behind Brazil's

Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt (born April 15, 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final. He is one of the most successful sailors at Olympic Games and one of t ...

and

Mark Mendelblatt Mark Mendelblatt (born February 19, 1973) is an American yachtsman. Married to windsurfer Carolina Mendelblatt (née Borges), he primarily sails the Laser Radial, a one-design class of small ( long, and ) single-handed sailing dinghy. Beginni ...

of the United States. Romero competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

for Argentina. He competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

for Italy, where he won a bronze medal in

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1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Córdoba, Argentina Argentine male sailors (sport) Italian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Argentina Olympic sailors of Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Sailors at the 1999 Pan American Games Sailors at the 2003 Pan American Games Argentine emigrants to Italy Pan American Games medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Italy-yachtracing-bio-stub