Félix Gancedo
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| Nationality |  Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | Laser, Star | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club |  Real Club Mediterráneo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Félix Gancedo (born 18 September 1940 in Málaga, Spain) is a Spanish sailor and world-class competitor in the Snipe, Flying Dutchman, Tempest and Dragon classes.
He won the Snipe class world championship in 1973 and 1975, was second in 1981 and third in 1971. Besides, he won the European championship of the class in four occasions (1972, 1974, 1978 and 1990); the Spanish nationals fifteen times (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1990); and the Masters Worlds (1991).
In the Flying Dutchman class, he was Spanish national champion 1964, 1967 and 1968.
Olympic Games
[edit]Gancedo sailed at 3 different Olympic Games:[1]
- 11th place in Flying Dutchman at Acapulco 1968.
- 15th place in Dragon at Munich 1972.
- 9th place in Tempest at Montréal 1976.
References
[edit]- ^ Patricia Quilón De La Hoz; et al. (2012). "Patrimino Historico Español del Juego y del Deporte: Real Federacion Española de vela" (PDF). museodeljuego.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- Olympic sailors for Spain
- Spanish male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
- Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tempest
- Open Snipe class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Spain
- Sportspeople from Málaga
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen
- Spanish sailing biography stubs