Antón Paz

Antón Paz Blanco (born 8 August 1976) is a Spanish sailor. With his partner Fernando Echavarri he won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] The two also competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where they finished eighth.[2] He is from the town of Vilagarcia de Arousa, Galicia, Spain.

Antón Paz
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Tornado class
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paz and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.

He sailed the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race as the media crew member on board Telefónica Black.

References
    • "PAZ, Anton". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antón Paz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.


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