María Sol Branz (born 6 February 1990), known as Sol Branz, is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

. She and Victoria Travascio won a gold medal in the women's 49erFX event at the

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, and bronze in the 2019 edition. The two also competed in two

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, finishing 13th in the

49erFX The 49er and 49er FX is a two-handed skiff-type high-performance sailing dinghy. The two crew work on different roles with the helm making many tactical decisions, as well as steering, and the crew doing most of the sail control. Both of the cr ...

event at the

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, and fifth at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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* * * * * 1990 births Living people Argentine female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Argentina Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Sailors at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Sailors at the 2023 Pan American Games {{Argentina-yachtracing-bio-stub