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2008 Beijing | Tornado class |
Antón Paz Blanco (born 8 August 1976) is a Spanish sailor. With his partner Fernando Echavarri he won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [1] The two also competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where they finished eighth. [2] He is from the town of Vilagarcia de Arousa, Galicia, Spain.
He sailed the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race as the media crew member on board Telefónica Black.
References
- ^ * "PAZ, Anton". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antón Paz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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