White Joaquin will debut at some Olympic Games.

It is one of the debuts in the Spanish Olympic Sailing Team, although the name of Joaquín Blanco is a classic in the Olympic panorama. He has the candle in his genes, on both sides of his family, by Blanco his grandfather was already one of the leading regatists in Gran Canaria and his father Joaquín, the Olympic Finn world champion and fourth ranked in the Olympic Games of Los Angeles 84 '. On the Albalat side his grandfather was one of the founders of the CV Palamós and his uncle Manel, world champion of 470 with Toño Gorostegui.

Joaquín Blanco began by highlighting from the Optimist class, where he already achieved great results as a European gold and bronze, showing that he would follow the saga of great regatists. From this he made the leap to the Laser class, in which he has been sailing almost a decade, in which he has been world champion in 4.7 and European in Radio.

After completing the studies he decided to focus on looking for the Olympic Square, which he has now achieved, being these first Games. After obtaining the qualification he has trained with the world champion and Europe sub- 21 Joel Rodríguez and his coach Oliver Bravo de Laguna.

DNI
Name: Joaquín
Last name: White Albalat
Place of birth: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Date of birth: 25 / 06 / 1989
Club: Real Club Nautico Gran Canaria
Height: 1.81 m
Weight: 80 kg
Residence: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Studies: Industrial Engineering
Olympic Games: First

PALMERS
World
1 Laser 4.7 2005 - Gold
4th Laser Radio 2006-2007
9th Laser Standard Youth 2007
European
1st Optimist 2001-2002 - Gold
3rd Optimt 2003 - Bronze
3rd Laser Radio 2006 - Bronze
Eleventh Laser Standard 2015
Spanish Championship
1st Laser Standard 2012-2014-2015 - Gold
Other
1st Palamós Christmas Race 2011-2014
1st Europe Cup Laser Standard 2009
1st Canary Olympic Week 2012-2014

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Spain has been classified for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in nine of the ten Olympic sailing classes, all but the Finn. The Laser Radial class has been the last to get the classification, which is not yet defined the regatists that will represent Spain and that will be decided during the Kieler Woche, race to be held from 22 to 26 June in Germany. A total of 270 regatists from 62 countries will participate, apart from Brazil as host nation, only France, Britain and the United States have classified all classes, ten. They follow you with nine Spain, Australia, Argentina, Canada and Italy.

The Spanish Olympic Vela Team, which runs Toni Ripoll, presents itself to the great Olympic event of Rio 2016 as the sport that has given Spain the most medals in all history, a total of 19 medals, 13 of them gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze, and 25 diplomas. The regatists and classes classified are RS: X Women, Marina Paliau; RS: X Male, Ivan Pastor; Laser Standard, Joaquín Blanco; 470 Women, Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López; 470 Male, Jordi Xammar and Joan Herp; 49er, Diego Botín and Iago López Marra; FX, Támara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos and Nacra 17, Fernando Echávarri and Tara Pacheco.

2016 RIO VELA - GUIA OF THE MARINE SPECTOR DA GLORIA