Luis Doreste

Spanish sailor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSpanish sailor
PlacesSpain
isAthlete Yacht racer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth7 March 1961, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Age64 years
Star signPisces
The details

Biography

Luis Doreste Blanco (born March 7, 1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas) is a Spanish sailor who won gold medal both in the 1984 Summer Olympics (470 class), and in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona (Flying Dutchman).
A member of Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria, Doreste became World Champion in 1985 (Flying Dutchman), and again in 1995 (Soling). He is three times European Champion, from 1976 (Optimist), 1985 (470) and 1988 (Flying Dutchman). He is a four-time Olympian.
Doreste took the Athlete's Oath at Barcelona in 1992. He is the father of Manuel Doreste, and a brother of Gustavo Doreste and José Doreste.

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