Alejandro Abascal

Alejandro Abascal

Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Tomas Abascal García
Born	(1952-07-15) 15 July 1952 (age 72) Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Medal record Men's sailing Representing  Spain Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Flying Dutchman

Alejandro Tomas Abascal García^[a] (born 15 July 1952) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class, together with Miguel Noguer. This was Spain's third Olympic Gold Summer Medal, and their first since 1928.^[1]

Previously, he was Vaurien World Championship in 1974 and Spanish Junior national champion in Snipe in 1971.

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Abascal and the second or maternal family name is García.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alejandro Abascal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2009.

External links

• Alejandro Abascal Garcia at World Sailing
• Alejandro Abascal Garcia at Olympics.com
• Alejandro Abascal at Olympedia
• Alejandro Tomas Abascal García at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archived)