Tara Pacheco

Summary

Tara Pacheco van Rijnsoever (born 3 October 1988 in Arucas) is a Spanish sports sailor.[1][2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 470 class with Berta Betanzos. At the 2016 Olympics, she and Fernando Echavarri competed in the Nacra 17 class.[3]

Tara Pacheco
Personal information
Full nameTara Pacheco van Rijnsoever
NationalitySpanish
Born (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988 (age 35)
Arucas, Spain
Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 La Grande-Motte Nacra 17

She was runner-up at the 2006 420 Female World Championships. At the 2017 Nacra 17 World Championship, she and Echavarri, who first teamed in 2014, won a silver medal.[4][5] They also won the silver medal at the 2017 European Championships. She had previous won the European Nacra 17 title in 2014 with Iker Martinez.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tara Pacheco". London 2012 Olympics. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tara Pacheco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Rio 2016 Results Centre - Nacra". sailing.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Fast, furious and wild Nacra 17 ride at Rio 2016". sailing.org. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b "2017 World Championship". nacra17.org. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

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