Iago López (sailor)

Iago López Marra[lower-alpha 1] (born 7 April 1990 in Portosín, Galicia) is a Spanish sailor.[1][2] He started sailing in his hometown of Portosín at age twelve. He later moved to Santander and teamed with Diego Botín. The duo placed 9th at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 4th at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Iago López
Personal information
Full nameIago López Marra
Born7 April 1990 (1990-04-07) (age 33)
Portosín, Spain
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)49er
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2020 Australia49er
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Barcelona49er
Gold medal – first place2018 Gdynia49er
Bronze medal – third place2020 Weymouth49er

Early life

López began sailing at the age of 11 at the Real Club Náutico Portosín competing in the Optimist 420 and 470 classes.

Career

When he was 18, he joined the High-Performance Sailing Center of Santander, where he combined regattas with his studies in naval engineering.

In the 2013 season, he was part of the crew of the Swan 80, Plis Play, which won the Fastnet Race in Plymouth.

During the 2014 season, he was a member of the 100-foot super maxi Esimit / Europa which performed on the Mediterranean circuit.

He was a team member for the Spanish SailGP team and Star Sailors League.[3] He competed in the 69F and A classes, in which he won vice-champion at Spain 2020 and champion at France 2021.

In the 2022 season, he began the year aboard the Comanche, skippered by Mitch Booth, winning the RORC 2022 transatlantic and IMA Trophy. The Comanche set a new race record for the 3,000 nautical mile course from Lanzarote to Granada of 7 days, 22 hours, 1 minute, and 4 seconds. The new record broke the previous record by more than two days.

International results
49er
World Championship
Year Place Medal Class
2020 Geelong ( Australia) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 49er
European Championship
Year Place Medal Class
2016 Barcelona ( Spain) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 49er
2018 Gdynia ( Poland) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 49er
2019 Weymouth ( United Kingdom) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 49er
Oceania Championship
Year Place Medal Class
2018 Auckland ( New Zealand) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 49er
2019 Geelong ( Australia) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 49er
World Cup
year Place Medal Class
2017 Hyères ( France) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 49er
2016 Miami ( United States) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 49er
2017 Miami ( United States) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 49er
Other regatas
Kiel Week
Year Place Medal Class
2019 Kiel ( Germany) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 49er
Princesa Sofia
Year Place Medal Class
2016 Palma ( Spain) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 49er
2017 Palma ( Spain) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 49er
2019 Palma ( Spain) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 49er
Delta Lloyd
Year Place Medal Class
2016 Medemblijk ( Netherlands) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 49er

Notes
  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Marra.

References
  1. "LOPEZ MARRA Iago". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. "49er - Iago Botín y Iago López Marra, presente y futuro". rfev.es (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Sailing Federation. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. "Spain SailGP Team News, Features, Exclusives, Athletes, Stats". SailGP.


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