José Luis Doreste Blanco (born 19 September 1956) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in

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. He competed at the

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, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class. In 1998–99, he was a crewmember on Fortuna Extra Lights in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. He is in the Finn &

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classes

Biography

He is the brother of Gustavo Doreste and

Luis Doreste Luís Doreste Blanco (born 7 March 1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas) is a Spanish sailor who won gold medal both in the 1984 Summer Olympics ( 470 class), and in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona (Flying Dutchman). A me ...

, and the uncle of Manuel Doreste. He is a five-time Olympian. He won his 1st medal in the

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