Theresa Zabell Lucas (born 22 May 1965 in

Ipswich, Suffolk Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line rail ...

) is a Spanish

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

who won gold medal both in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, and in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...

, Georgia. A member of ''Real Club de Mediterráneo Málaga'' she competes in the

470 class The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork i ...

. Theresa Zabell is a sister of artist Simon Zabell.

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* * * * 1965 births Living people Spanish female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Spain Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic gold medalists for Spain Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female) 470 class world champions World champions in sailing for Spain Sportspeople from Ipswich Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain {{Spain-yachtracing-bio-stub