Raúl Ríos

Raúl Andrés Ríos de Choudens (born 3 December 1993 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico), is a world class sailor in the Optimist, Snipe, and Lightning classes.

Raúl Ríos
Personal information
Full nameRaúl Andrés Ríos de Choudens
Nationality Puerto Rico
Born (1993-12-03) 3 December 1993
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Sailing career
Class(es)Snipe
College team Boston College
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Puerto Rico
Optimist World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Çeşme Optimist
Snipe World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Corunna Snipe
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Snipe
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez Snipe
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Snipe
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Snipe
Lightning South American Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Salinas, EcuadorLightning
Lightning World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Salinas, EcuadorLightning

He began sailing Optimists at the age of ten at the Club Náutico de San Juan,[1] and became North American champion and World champion in 2008.[2]

From the Optimist class, he moved into the 420, Snipe and Lightning classes.[3] He started sailing in the Snipe Class by crewing for Ernesto Rodriguez just after summer of 2008, training for the Western Hemisphere's championship in Uruguay that November where they finished third overall. He then took the skipper position, with Fernando Monllor from the Club Náutico de Ponce as a crew, competing in the US Nationals, the North Americans, the Western Hemisphere and Oriental Championship, the Pan American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games.

He won the following regattas:

In 2017, he won another world championship, the Snipe class Worlds, with Max Agnese as his crew, in Corunna,[7] the bronze medal at the Lightning Southamericans, and World Championship at Salinas Yacht Club, with Sebastian Higuera and Nicolas Deeb.[8][9]

Pan American Games

Central American and Caribbean Games

College

Ríos sailed for Boston College, where he earned ICSA Coed All-American Honors, earned first team All-NEISA Skipper Honors, and was named an All-America Skipper in May 2013.[10]

He earned the 2015-16 Eagle of the Year Award,[11] and was one of the three finalists for the prestigious College Sailor of the Year award.[12] Raul served as Team Captain and encouraged his team to engage in community service projects and high academic success.

References
  1. "Raúl Ríos y Fernando Monllor: hermanos en el mar rumbo a los Panamericanos". Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. "IODA World Sailing Championship". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  3. "Raul Rios: On A Roll". 30 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  4. McCreary, David. "North Americans in San Diego, CA USA". www.snipe.org. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  5. "Sailing News - Snipe - North American Championship 2012 - Toronto CAN - Final results". www.sailing-news.us. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  6. "South American Championship". www.snipe.org. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  7. "Snipe Worlds 2017" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  8. "2017 Lightning South American Championship". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  9. "2017 Lightning World Championship". Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  10. Raul Rios – 2015–16 Sailing
  11. Raul Rios - 2015-16 Sailing
  12. "Annual College Sailing Honors Awarded". 4 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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