Tania Elías Calles Wolf (born April 17, 1979 in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

) is a Mexican sailor. At 6 years old she started in the sport of

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and she has competed at four Olympic Games. She is the great-granddaughter of general

Plutarco Elías Calles Plutarco Elías Calles (born Francisco Plutarco Elías Campuzano; 25 September 1877 – 19 October 1945) was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as the 47th President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Ál ...

Olympic Games

She participated in the Olympics four times from 2000 to 2012, in Women’s One Person Dinghy – both Europe and ILCA 6 (previously named Laser Radial) classes.

Central American and Caribbean Games

Her main career highlight was winning gold at the

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. During the

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she won the gold medal in the Radial category.. In 2005 she won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Europe. In 2006 she won the bronze medal at the Women's Laser Radial World Championship, as well as the gold medal at the

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. In 2007, she finished second at the World Championship held in

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, winning a spot to the

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. She won a silver medal at the

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, and finished 13th at the Olympic Games in 2008. She established a World Guinness Record to seek sponsorships in March 2010 for the longest distance sailed unattended in a dinghy (300 nm). In 2011, at the

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she obtained qualification to the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. At the London Games she finished in 10th place in the women's laser radial. She is a member of the athlete commission for the World Antidoping Agency since 2012 and the representative for high performance athletes at her National Antidoping Committee. Writer and author of her autobiography called "The Challenge, in pursuit of Olympic Glory" released in the summer of 2013.

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* * * * 1979 births Living people Olympic sailors for Mexico Mexican female sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Europe Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Europe Sailors at the 2007 Pan American Games Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial Pan American Games silver medalists in sailing Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Mexican sportswomen 20th-century Mexican sportswomen {{Mexico-yachtracing-bio-stub