Stefano Peschiera

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Stefano Peschiera
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
Born (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 29) [1]
Lima, [1] Peru
Sport
CountryPeru
SportSailing
EventMen´s One Person Dinghy
College team Burgee of College of Charleston.SVG   College of Charleston
Turned pro06/05/2018
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 1
Highest world ranking8

Stefano Peschiera (born 16 January 1995) is a Peruvian competitive sailor.

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College

He won the ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship twice, in 2015 and 2018, the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship in 2018, and the ICSA Team Racing National Championship in 2017-18 sailing for the College of Charleston, and was named ICSA College Sailor of the Year in 2018.

Olympic Games

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's Laser class, [1] after getting Peru the first out of the 9 berths offered at the Laser World Championship in Kingston, Canada. He is currently Ranked number 8 in the World Sailing Rankings and is already qualified to which will be his second Olympic Games in 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He has already qualified Peru for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Stefano Peschiera". olympedia.org. Retrieved 6 December 2020.