Agustín Díaz (born June 6, 1954), known as Augie Diaz, is an American sailor and world-class competitor in the Snipe,

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and Laser classes. He is the son of Gonzalo Diaz, who sailed for Cuba at the

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. He began sailing Optimists at the age of eight in

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. In 1973, he won the IYRU Single-handed dinghy World Youth title in the Laser class. After graduating from Christopher Columbus High School (Miami) in 1972, Diaz sailed for Tulane University, where he studied Mechanical engineering. He was All American on the Tulane Green Wave sailing team in 1973, 1974 and 1975, won the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship in 1973 and the ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship in 1974, leading the team to win the

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in 1974. That same year he was elected

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. He received the US Sailor of the Year Award in 2003, and was inducted in the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2021. He has been Snipe world champion in 2003 and 2005, and Star world champion in 2016. In the Snipe class, he was also world masters champion in 2002, 2004, 2006 y 2012; Western Hemisphere & Orient champion in 1972, 2002 and 2021;

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in 1974, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2013; and U.S. National champion in 1974, 1980, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2018. He has won a

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in Snipe at the

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and a

in the Snipe at the

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and a

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at the

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Pan American Games

* Silver medal in Snipe at Colombia 1971. * Silver medal in Snipe at Guadalajara 2011. * Bronze medal in Snipe at

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Augie 1954 births Living people American male sailors (sport) Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Sailors at the 2011 Pan American Games Sailors at the 2015 Pan American Games Snipe class world champions Star class world champions Tulane University alumni Tulane Green Wave sailors ICSA College Sailor of the Year US Sailor of the Year Cuban emigrants to the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in sailing World champions in sailing for the United States Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Christopher Columbus High School (Miami-Dade County, Florida) alumni