Personal information | |
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Full name | Santiago Enrique Grillo Diez |
Nationality | Colombia |
Born | Cali, Colombia | 27 May 1987
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Sailing career | |
Class | Sailboard |
Club | Velas y Vientos [1] |
Coach | Manuel Fumagallo [1] |
Santiago Enrique Grillo Diez [a] (born May 27, 1987 in Cali), known as Santiago Grillo, is a Colombian windsurfer who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. [1] [2] A two-time Olympian (2008 and 2012), he is ranked no. 82 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation. Grillo also trains for Velas y Vientos in Cali under his Argentina-based personal coach Manuel Fumagallo. [1]
Grillo made his debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished last out of thirty-five sailors in the men's RS:X class with a net score of 293. [3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, as a 25 year old, Grillo qualified for his second Colombian team in the RS:X class by attaining a 53rd-place effort and an automatic berth at the World Championships in Cadiz, Spain. [4] Struggling to attain a top position in the opening series, Grillo accumulated a net score of 302 points for a 37th-place finish in a fleet of 38 windsurfers. [5] [6]