María José Poncell

	María José Poncell María José Poncell Maurin (born 3 September 1995) is a Chilean lawyer and sailor. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Personal life María José was born in Santiago, daughter of the Spanish sailor, Antonio Poncell, and the Chilean sailor, Marissa Maurin (current president of the Chilean Sailing Federation). She studied law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. As a lawyer, she has worked as a legislative advisor and in the National Service for the Specialised Protection of Children and Adolescents in Chile. Poncell is nicknamed "Coté". Career She was introduced to sailing by her parents. She has participated in several competitions at national and international level, with Laser Radial (ILCA 6) her specialty. She is 10-time national champion in the women's category in Laser Radial and had success at a number of international championships, including top 10 in the ISAF Junior World Championship, a gold medal in the 2016 Bolivarian Games, a bronze medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, which has a population of seven million, representing 40% of Chile's total population. Most of the city is situated between above sea level. Founded in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago has served as the capital city of Chile since colonial times. The city features a downtown core characterized by 19th-century neoclassical architecture and winding side streets with a mix of Art Deco, Gothic Revival, and other styles. Santiago's cityscape is defined by several standalone hills and the fast-flowing Mapocho River, which is lined by parks such as Parque Bicentenario, Parque Forestal, and Parque de la Familia. The Andes Mountains are visible from most parts of the city and contribute to a smog problem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sailing (sport) The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing formats include both closed courses and point-to-point contests; they may be in sheltered waters, coast-wise or on the open ocean. Most competitions are held within defined classes or ratings that either entail one type of sailing craft to ensure a contest primarily of skill or rating the sailing craft to create classifications or Handicapping, handicaps. On the water, a sailing competition among multiple vessels is called a regatta. A Regatta consists of multiple individual races. The boat crew that performs best in over the series of races is the overall winner. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing from Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sailing At The Pan American Games Sailing has been a sport of the Pan American Games since the inaugural 1951 Pan American Games, being contested in every edition, except for the 1955 edition. Medal table ''Updated after the 2023 Pan American Games''. ;Notes At the 1959 edition, Barton Kirkconell from Jamaica and Rawle Barrow from Trinidad and Tobago earned, together, a bronze medal at the Flyting Dutchman class. The medal is credited to the West Indies Federation. See also * (1959 – 1975) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sailing At The Pan American Games Sports at the Pan American Games Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sailing At The 2023 Pan American Games Sailing (sport), Sailing competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are schedule to take place between October 28 and November 5, 2023 at the Cofradia Nautica del Pacifico (''Nautical Brotherhood of the Pacific'' in English) in the city of Algarrobo, Chile, Algarrobo. A total of 13 events will be contested, an increase of two from the 2019 Pan American Games. The Sunfish (sailboat), sunfish event has been split in two, to have an event each for men and women. Also, the Formula Kite, kites event was split in two, with the men and women now competing in separate events. The RS:X boat has also been replaced with the IQFoil. A total of 172 sailors (82 men and 90 women) are scheduled to compete. The top two placing athletes (not already qualified) from North America and South America in the men's laser and women's laser radial, qualified for the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, sailing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France (with the sailing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sailing At The 2023 Pan American Games – Women's Sunfish Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. From prehistory until the second half of the 19th century, sailing craft were the primary means of maritime trade and transportation; exploration across the seas and oceans was reliant on sail for anything other than the shortest distances. Naval power in this period used sail to varying degrees depending on the current technology, culminating in the gun-armed sailing warships of the Age of Sail. Sail was slowly replaced by steam as the method of propulsion for ships over the latter part of the 19th century – seeing a gradual improvement in the technology of steam through a number of developmental steps. Steam allowed scheduled services that ran at higher average speeds than sailing ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]