Támara Echegoyen Domínguez[a] (born 17 February 1984 in Ourense) is an Olympic gold medal winning Spanish sailor. She has competed in four Olympics and she carried the flag in the 2024 Olympics Games opening ceremony on the River Seine,
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| Full name | Támara Echegoyen Domínguez | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 February 1984 Ourense, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | 49er FX, Elliott 6m, 470, ILCA 6, SB20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club |  Real Club Náutico de Vigo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Life
editEchegoyen was born in Galicia in Ourense in north-west Spain. She was introduced to sailing aged five in Pontevedra. She was supported by her parents as they thought it would encourage good qualities.[1]
She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Elliott 6m class, and together with her crew, Ángela Pumariega and Sofía Toro, won the gold medal.[2][3][4][5]
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In 2013 Echegoyen led a boat in Korea at the Match Racing World Championship. Mariana Lobato was a crew member and together with Sofía Toro, Eva Gonzalez and Lara Cacabelos they won the championship.[6]
She won the 49er FX gold at the 2016 ISAF Sailing World Championships with Berta Betanzos.[7]
For the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 49er FX class with Berta Betanzos.[8] In 2017–18, she was a crewmember on Mapfre on legs 1, 2, 3 in the Volvo Ocean Race.[9]
She came fourth in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and she intended to retire, however she was persuaded by her sailing partner Paula Barceló to compete at just one more Olympics.[1] On June 26, 2024, the Spanish Olympic Committee, chose Echegoyen and the Olympic canoer Marcus Cooper as the Spanish flag bearers at the París 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine. The K1 slalom canoeist Maialen Chourraut was offered the honour but she turned it down, because she was competing the next day. Echegoyen was competing at her fourth Olympics and she was considered to have the most outstanding record.[10]
After she and Barcelo compete at the 2024 Olympics, she is then committed to join a team for the (first) women's Americas Cup in 2024. The team consists of Echegoyen, Silvia Mas, María Cantero, Neus Ballester and Paula Barceló.[11]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Echegoyen and the second or maternal family name is Domínguez.
References
edit- ^ a b "Tamara Echegoyen". olympics.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Spain edges Australia for sailing match race gold". Fox News. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Spain win Elliot after Aussie skipper dunked". The Guardian. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Spain win dramatic Olympic sailing gold". The Times of India. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ burocratik.com. "Mariana Lobato | Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team". Mariana Lobato | Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "The Women's 49erFX - A History Lesson..." sailing.org. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "2016 Olympics Results Centre". sailing.org. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Archive Volvo Ocean Race". TheOceanRace.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Marcus Cooper y Támara Echegoyen serán los abanderados de España en París" (in Spanish). El País.com. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Pressmare | Sail Team BCN presents its Crew for the first Women's America's Cup in history". Pressmare. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
edit- Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez at World Sailing
- Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez at Olympics.com
- Támara Echegoyen at Olympedia
- Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez at Olympics.com
- Tamara Echegoyen Domínguez (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
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