Joaquín Blanco Roca (born 22 November 1957) is a Spanish Olympic sailor in the Finn class. He competed in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly 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 ...

, where he finished 4th in Finn. He is the father of Olympic sailor

Joaquín Blanco Albalat Joaquín Blanco Albalat (born 25 June 1989) is a Spanish competitive sailor. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. I ...

Career

Blanco, born 1957 in

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the m ...

, sailed in the Finn class. He won the 1977 Finn Gold Cup competition, but was not awarded the trophy because the International Finn Association withdrew the championship status when Spain refused to accept entries of two South African sailors, however, in 2017, the International Finn Association acknowledged him as winner of the

Finn Gold Cup The Finn Gold Cup decides the Finn Class World Champion and is an annual international sailing regatta for Finn (dinghy) they are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the spo ...

. He competed in the

, where he finished 4th in Finn after

Russell Coutts Sir Russell Coutts (born 1 March 1962) is a world champion New Zealand yachtsman. He won an Olympic gold medal and skippered three Americas Cup victories in 1995, 2000, and 2003. Early life Coutts was educated at Otago Boys' High School ...

, John Bertrand, and

Terry Neilson Terence "Terry" Neilson (born November 2, 1958, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Finn Class at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He skippered ''Canada II'' during the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup The 2nd Louis Vu ...

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* * * * 1957 births Living people Spanish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Spain Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Finn Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-yachtracing-bio-stub