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Full name | José Luis Doreste Blanco | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain | 19 September 1956
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Class(es) | Finn, Star | ||||||||||||||||||||
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José Luis Doreste Blanco [a] (born 19 September 1956) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class. [2] [3] In 1998–99, he was a crewmember on Fortuna Extra Lights in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. [4]
He is the brother of Gustavo Doreste and Luis Doreste, and the uncle of Manuel Doreste. Doreste is a five-time Olympian.