Joaquín Blanco Roca
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| Full name | Joaquín Blanco Roca | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 November 1957 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | Finn | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joaquín Blanco Roca (born 22 November 1957) is a Spanish Olympic sailor in the Finn class.[1] He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he finished 4th in Finn.
He is the father of Olympic sailor Joaquín Blanco Albalat.[1]
Career
[edit]Blanco, born 1957 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, sailed in the Finn class.[1] 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.[2]
He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he finished 4th in Finn after Russell Coutts, John Bertrand, and Terry Neilson.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joaquín Blanco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
Full name: Joaquín Blanco Roca
- ^ Deaves, Robert. "Joaquín Blanco awarded Finn Gold Cup 40 years late". FinnClass.org.
External links
[edit]- Joaquin Blanco at World Sailing
- Joaquin Blanco at Olympics.com
- Joaquín Blanco at Olympedia
- Joaquín Blanco Roca (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
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