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| Nationality |  Guatemala | |||||||||||||
| Born | 29 April 1989 Guatemala City, Guatemala | |||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5.64 ft) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sailing | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrea Dennise Aldana Bennett is a Guatemalan sports sailor. [1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 32nd place. [2]
The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Radial is a variant of the Laser standard, with shorter mast and reduced sail area, allowing light sailors to sail in heavy winds. The International Class is recognised by World Sailing.
Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias is an American sailor and CrossFit competitor. In 2008 she won an Olympic gold medal in the Laser Radial single handed sailing class. In 2009 and 2011, she won the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Laser Radial. She also won the women's world championship of the snipe class in 2010, and placed second in 2008.
Xu Lijia is a Chinese sailboat racer who won a bronze medal in women's Laser Radial class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she was the flag bearer for China at the closing ceremony.
The women's Laser Radial was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Eleven races were scheduled and completed. 41 sailors, on 41 boats, from 41 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth, where each position scored double points.
Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş is a Turkish yacht racer. The 1.73 m tall athlete at 69 kg (152 lb) is a student of architecture at the Okan University in Istanbul.
Tania Elías Calles Wolf is a Mexican sailor. She is the great-granddaughter of general Plutarco Elías Calles. At 6 years old she started in the sport of sailing and she has competed at four Olympic Games.
Krystal Weir is an Australian sailor. She finished tenth at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in sailing in the Women's Laser Radial class event, where she finished in twelfth.
Keerati Bualong is a Thai sailor. In 2012, he became the first Thai to qualify for the Olympics in the men's one person dinghy, the same class of boat His Majesty The King of Thailand once sailed. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's Laser class.
Beth Lygoe is a British born Saint Lucian sailor. She competed in Women's Laser Radial at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. She competed in Women's Laser Radial at the 2012 Summer Olympics finishing with a rank of 37th.
Alison Young is a British sailor. She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th.
Alicia Cebrián Martínez de Lagos is a Spanish Real Club Náutico de Tenerife sailor. She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she placed 11th.
Anne-Marie Rindom is a Danish sailor. She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she placed 13th. She won the 2015 Women's Laser Radial World Championship. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the Laser Radial event. She won gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Laser Radial.
Nathalie Brugger is a Swiss sailor. She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in 6th, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she placed 14th.
Tatiana Drozdovskaya is a Belarusian sailor. She has competed in six editions of the Olympic Games.
Sarah Steyaert is a French sports sailor. The 2008 world champion in the Laser Radial, she finished in 5th place at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 16th place.
Tina Mihelić is a Croatian sports sailor. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 17th place. In the same event at the 2016 Olympics, she finished in 13th place.
Josefin Anna Louise Olsson is a Swedish sports sailor.
Elizabeth Yin Yin Yue is a Singaporean sports sailor. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 24th place. She also competed in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in 26th place. She has also competed in two sailing World Championships, six Laser Radial World Championships and two Byte-class World Championships.
Manami Doi is a Japanese sports sailor.
The Women's ILCA 6 World Championship, until 2020 the Women's Laser Radial World Championship, has been held every year since 1980, organised by the International Sailing Federation. Laser Radial is an Olympic sailing class. The event was held together with the Men's Laser Radial World Championships between 1989 and 2010.
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