Begoña Vía Dufresne

Begoña Vía Dufresne

Personal information
Full name	Begoña Vía Dufresne Pereña
Born	13 February 1971 (1971-02-13) (age 53) Barcelona, Spain
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sailing career
Class	470
Medal record Sailing Representing  Spain Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Women's 470

Begoña Vía Dufresne Pereña^[a][1] (born 13 February 1971) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she won gold medal in the 470 class, together with Theresa Zabell.^[2]

Her sister is Natalia Vía Dufresne.^[1]

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vía Dufresne and the second or maternal family name is Pereña.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Begoña Vía Dufresne". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
2. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Sailing"". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2008. Begona Via Dufresne

External links

• Begona Via Dufresne at World Sailing
• Begona Via Dufresne at Olympics.com
• Begona Via Dufresne at Olympic.org (archived)
• Begoña Vía Dufresne at Olympedia (archive)
• Begoña Vía-Dufresne Pereña at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archive)