Jorge Vilar
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Full name | Jorge Antonio Vilar Castex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Buenos Aires | 27 June 1931||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 February 2015 Buenos Aires | (aged 83)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class | Snipe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Competition record
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Jorge Antonio Vilar Castex (27 June 1931, in Buenos Aires – 17 February 2014) was an Argentinian sailor gold medallist in the Pan American Games and the Snipe World Championships.[1][2]
He started sailing Snipes with his brother, Carlos, at the Club Náutico San Isidro and entered competition on the class in 1947.[3] He went on to win the World Championship in 1948 as a crew and in 1951 as a skipper, in both cases with his brother Carlos. They also placed second at the 1949 Worlds. In 1953 they finished 6th and in 1958 they were 5th.
Pan American Games
- 1st place in Snipe at Buenos Aires 1951.
References
- ^ "Carlos Vilar Castex Premio Konex 1980: Yachting". Fundación KONEX. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Falleció Jorge Vilar Castex, dos veces Campeón Mundial de Snipe". Sailor's Weekly. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Falleció Jorge Vilar Castex, dos veces Campeón Mundial de Snipe". Sailor's Weekly. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2014 deaths
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- Argentine male sailors (sport)
- Club Náutico San Isidro
- Sailors at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Snipe class world champions
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games medalists in sailing
- World champions in sailing for Argentina
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games