Támara Echegoyen Domínguez (born 17 February 1984 in

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) is an Olympic gold medal winning Spanish sailor. She has competed in four Olympics and she carried the flag in the 2024 Olympics Games opening ceremony on the River Seine,

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Echegoyen was born in Galicia in

in north-west Spain. She was introduced to sailing aged five in

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. She was supported by her parents as they thought it would encourage good qualities. She participated at the

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class, and together with her crew,

Ángela Pumariega Ángela Pumariega Menéndez (born 12 November 1984 in Gijón) is a Spanish sailor. She won the gold medal in sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class, in the crew led by Támara Echegoyen and accompanied by Sofía Toro. P ...

and Sofía Toro, won the gold medal. left, Berta Betanzos and Támara Echegoyen in 2013 In 2013 Echegoyen led a boat in Korea at the Match Racing World Championship. Mariana Lobato was a crew member and together with Sofía Toro, Eva Gonzalez and Lara Cacabelos they won the championship. She won the 49er FX gold at the 2016 ISAF Sailing World Championships with Berta Betanzos. For the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 49er FX class with Berta Betanzos. In 2017–18, she was a crewmember on Mapfre on legs 1, 2, 3 in the Volvo Ocean Race. She came fourth in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and she intended to retire, however she was persuaded by her sailing partner Paula Barceló to compete at just one more Olympics. On June 26, 2024, the

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, chose Echegoyen and the Olympic

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Marcus Cooper as the Spanish flag bearers at the París 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine. The K1 slalom canoeist Maialen Chourraut was offered the honour but she turned it down, because she was competing the next day. Echegoyen was competing at her fourth Olympics and she was considered to have the most outstanding record. After she and Barcelo compete at the 2024 Olympics, she is then committed to join a team for the (first) women's Americas Cup in 2024. The team consists of Echegoyen,

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, María Cantero, Neus Ballester and Paula Barceló.

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* * * * * 1984 births Living people Spanish female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Spain Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics 49er FX class sailors 49er FX class world champions World champions in sailing for Spain Volvo Ocean Race sailors Sportspeople from Ourense Sportspeople from Galicia (Spain) 21st-century Spanish sportswomen {{Spain-yachtracing-bio-stub

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