With 13 oars, 5 cans and 1 bronze, the candle is the sport that has given the most medals to Spain.

Santiago Amat in Los Angeles' 32 in the Dinghy class was the first of the 19 Olympic sailing medals to date to have achieved the "Spanish Navy." Interestingly, Amat's bronze in the United States is the only one in the Hispanic record, since the rest of the metals make up 5 plates and 12 oars, of which four were achieved in Barcelona '92. If we have among the successes of the Spanish candle, the first also corresponds to Amat, since in Paris in the same class as he achieved his bronze medal, he achieved in Paris' 28 the first diploma of the Spanish candle. The Dynghy had been a design by the English artist George Cockshott: a small ship with twelve-foot orza and with a beak. The design was the winner of a competition organized by the Boat Racing Association and was therefore designed Olympic boat for Antwerp '20. It would have to be 44 years for the Spanish candle to return to the glory of the metals, for the next season of success would be in Montreal' 78 with the silver achieved in class 470 by Toño Goroestegui and Millet. Two "incomplete" Olympics would come after us, because for political issues neither Moscow '80 nor Los Angeles' 84 would have the participation of all countries.

In these two quotes, new medals were achieved, the case of Abascal and Noguer on the one hand and Luis Doreeste and Molina on the other. In 1988 with the whole world on the exit line, success in finn with gold for Josele Doreeste. Barcelona marks a before and after also for the candle: five metals are achieved (of them four gold). In the US at the age of four are two more oars for the history of the Olympic candle: the second for Theresa Zabell and the first for one of the best Spanish patterns of all time: the canary Fernando León. In the last three Olympic dates: Athens, Beijing and London the new hornadoes achieve four oros and three plates. Patterns such as Iker Martínez, Xabier Fernández, Fernando Echávarri, Antón Paz, Marina Paliau, Tamara Echeghoyen, Angela Pumariega or Sofía Toro become a living legend of the Spanish candle.

Tamara Echegoyen, Sofía Toro and Angela Pumariega pletoricas after having achieved gold in the Elliot Class 6 m (match race) in London '2012 (photo courtesy of www.rtve.es).

1-Abascal / Noguer Flying. Moscow 1980
2-L.Doroeste / Molina 470. Los Angeles 1984
3- José Luis Doreeste Finn. Seoul 1988
4-Jose María van der Ploeg Finn. Barcelona 1992
5-L.Doreeste / Manrique Flying D. Barcelona 1992
6-Calafat / Sánchez Luna 470. Barcelona 1992
7-T.Zabell / War 470. Barcelona 1992
8-F.León / J.L. Ballester Tornado. Atlanta 1996
9-Zabell / B. Via- Dufrene 470. Atlanta 1996
10-I.Martínez / X.Fernández 49er. Athens 2004
11-F.Echávarri / A.Paz Tornado. Beijing 2008
12-Marina Paliau, RSX. London 2012
13-T.Echegoyen / A.Pumariega / S.Toro, Elliot 6m. London 2012

1-Gorostegui / Millet 470. Montreal 1976
2-Natalia Via Dufresne Europa. Barcelona 1992
3-N.Via Dufresne / S.Azón 470 F. Athens 2004
4-Rafael Trujillo Finn. Athens 2004
5-Iker Martinez and Xabier Fernandez, 49er. Pekin 2008

1. Santiago Amat Dinghy. Los Angeles 1932