Luca Santella

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Luca Santella has been part of the Italian sailing team from 1978 to 1994. He participated in two Olympic Games, Seoul (1988) and Barcelona (1992) [1] respectively with the Tornado Class and Flying Dutchman Class. He won 10 Italian titles in different classes such as 470-Tornado-Flying Dutchman-Soling-J24 and three European Championship still on Melges24-J24 and Flying Dutchman (ref. Federazione italiana Vela). He graduated in architecture at Florence University with max of degree. (La Nazione- Il Tirreno- Università degli studi di Firenze). He is now CEO of the yard Bluegame, which he founded, fitting and delivering walkaround yachts from 40' to 60' feet. (Nautica-Yacht Capital-Boat International-Yacht Design)

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References

  1. "Luca Santella Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2013.