Félix Gancedo (born 18 September 1940 in

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

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) is a Spanish

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and world-class competitor in the

Snipe A snipe is any of about 26 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill, eyes placed high on the head, and cryptic/ camouflaging plumage. ''Gallinago'' snipe have a nearly ...

Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' () is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever. The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India C ...

, Tempest and

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classes. He won the Snipe class world championship in 1973 and 1975, was second in 1981 and third in 1971. Besides, he won the European championship of the class in four occasions (1972, 1974, 1978 and 1990); the Spanish nationals fifteen times (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1990); and the Masters Worlds (1991). In the Flying Dutchman class, he was Spanish national champion 1964, 1967 and 1968.

Olympic Games

Gancedo sailed at 3 different

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: * 11th place in Flying Dutchman at Acapulco 1968. * 15th place in Dragon at

Munich 1972 The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

. * 9th place in Tempest at Montréal 1976.

References

1940 births Living people Olympic sailors for Spain Spanish male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tempest Open Snipe class world champions World champions in sailing for Spain Sportspeople from Málaga 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-yachtracing-bio-stub