Anna Corbella i Jordi (born 1976 Barcelona) is a Catalan sailor. In 2011, she became the first Catalan-Spanish sailor to finish the Barcelona World Race . [1] In 2011, she was awarded the Royal Order of Sports Merit. [2] In 2010, she was awarded the IV Women and Sport Award. [3]
She graduated in veterinary medicine from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. [4] She was Spanish sailing champion, in 420 (dinghy), in 1999, and 470 (dinghy) in 2000. She competed in the Mini Transat 650 regatta, finishing in 13th position. [4]
In 2010, she participated with Dee Caffari , in the 2010-2011 Barcelona World Race, on board the Gaes Centros Auditivos, finishing in 6th. [5] In 2015, she participated with Gerard Martín, and finished 3rd. She was the third woman to make the non-stop world tour twice. [6]
Granollers is a city in central Catalonia, about 30 kilometres north-east of Barcelona. It is the capital and most densely populated city in the comarca of Vallès Oriental.
Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a Spanish architect who was highly influential on Modernisme català, the Catalan Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician.
Isabel-Clara Simó i Monllor was a Spanish journalist and writer. She is considered one of the most important writers in the Catalan language.
Joan Margarit i Consarnau was a Spanish poet, architect and professor. Most of his work is written in the Catalan language. He won the 2019 Miguel de Cervantes Prize.
Arcadi Balaguer i Costa was president of FC Barcelona between 1925 and 1929.
Gerard Quintana i Rodeja is a Spanish singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, actor, and radio and TV personality from Catalonia. He first came to prominence in 1986-2001 as the lead singer of the rock band Sopa de Cabra. Sopa de Cabra was one of the leading bands of the rock català genre. Since the dissolution of the band in 2001, Quintana has pursued a successful solo career. As a singer-songwriter, he completed five albums between 2003 and 2010, together with three in collaboration with Jordi Batiste, and a recent album (2014) with Xarim Aresté. He also writes and publishes poetry, and has written regularly as a journalist for online Catalan newspapers and journals. He appeared in the short film Diogenes, the dog. Since the publication of his first novel in 2019 he is also establishing himself as a serious novelist.
Anna Bofill Leví is a Catalan Spanish pianist, architect and composer.
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Antoni Vila Casas is a Spanish philanthropist and former pharmaceutical executive.
Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich is a Spanish poet and writer in the Catalan language. She has lived in Sitges since 2001.
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Romà Cuyàs i Sol was a Spanish lawyer and sports and cultural executive, President of the Spanish Olympic Committee between 1983 and 1984 and commissioner of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
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