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]
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| Full name | Begoña Vía Dufresne Pereña | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1971 (age 53) Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Class | 470 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Her sister is Natalia Vía Dufresne.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vía Dufresne and the second or maternal family name is Pereña.
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "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
edit- 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)
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