José Luis Ballester Tuliesa (born 17 August 1968) is a Spanish

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

and Olympic champion. He competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta and won a gold medal in the

Tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...

class.

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* * * * 1968 births Living people Spanish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Spain Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Tornado Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Tornado Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Tornado Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Tornado class world champions World champions in sailing for Spain 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-Olympic-medalist-stub