Luís Doreste Blanco (born 7 March 1961 in

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) is a Spanish

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who won gold medal both in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

( 470 class), and in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

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(

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). A member of Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria, Doreste became World champion in 1985 (Flying Dutchman), and again in 1995 (

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). He is three times European Champion, from 1976 ( Optimist), 1985 (470) and 1988 (Flying Dutchman). He is a four-time Olympian. Doreste took the Athlete's Oath at Barcelona in 1992. He is the brother of Manuel Doreste, Gustavo Doreste and José Luis Doreste. He skippered Desafío Español 2007 at the

2007 Louis Vuitton Cup The 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia, Spain, from April 16 to June 6 was the event used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup. Eleven potential challengers competed in the competition which consisted of two round robins, two ...

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* * * * 1961 births Living people 2000 America's Cup sailors 2007 America's Cup sailors Flying Dutchman class world champions Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Oath takers at the Olympic Games Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic sailors for Spain Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria sailors Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling Spanish male sailors (sport) World champions in sailing for Spain Soling class world champions Sailors (sport) from Las Palmas 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-yachtracing-bio-stub