Mario Celon (born: 29 August 1959

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) is a sailor from

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, who represented his country at the

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as helmsman in the

Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Olympics until the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics as "Sa ...

. With crew members

Gianni Torboli Gianni Torboli (born 25 December 1949) is a sailor from Riva del Garda, Italy. who represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah, United States as crew member in the Soling. With helmsman Mario Celon and fellow crew member Cla ...

and

Claudio Celon Claudio Celon (born 19 April 1961) is a sailor from Camogli, Italy, who represented his country at the Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling, 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah, Georgia, Savannah, United States as crew member in the Solin ...

they took the 10th place.

References

1959 births Living people Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors for Italy Sportspeople from Verona Italian male sailors (sport) 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-yachtracing-bio-stub