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Julio Alonso Ortega
Julio Alonso Ortega (born 23 December 2000 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria) is a Spanish sailing (sport), sailor and world champion specialising in two-person Dinghy sailing, dinghy class. He has sailed throughout most of his sporting career for the Royal Gran Canaria Yacht Club, where he trains under coaches Aarón Sarmiento, and two-time Olympic gold medallist Luis Doreste. Education Outside of his sailing career, Alonso pursued higher education in the United Kingdom. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management, achieving First-Class Honours, from Lancaster University. He later completed a Master's in the Political Economy of Emerging Markets at King's College London, and a second Master's degree in International Business from the Universidad del Atlántico Medio, supported by a scholarship from PROEXCA. Sailing career Alonso began sailing at the age of ten in the Optimist class at Mogán, later joining the Royal Gran Canaria Yacht Club, where he continues to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Palmas
Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the most populous city in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, and the ninth-largest city in Spain with a population of 381,223 in 2020. It is also the fifth-most populous urban area in Spain and (depending on sources) ninth or tenth most populous metropolitan area in Spain. Las Palmas is located in the northeastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, about west of the Moroccan coast in the Atlantic Ocean. Las Palmas experiences a desert climate,ThWorld map of Koppen-Geiger climate classification offset by the local cooler Canary Current, with warm temperatures throughout the year. It has an average annual temperature of . The city was founded in 1478, and considered the '' de facto'' (without legal and real recognition)''La Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
