Who is the new qualification that yachting has given Argentina for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?

The Argentine delegation that will be present at Olympic Games this Tuesday a new athlete was added and yachting added its eighth member. Regard Francesco Guaragna Rigonat, Who obtained the place in the ILCA 7 class during the World Cup held in the waters of Adelaide, Australia.

The 26-year-old sailor, trained in Club Nautico Junín, He finished the championship in 38th place out of 152 competitors and was favored by the even better performance of the Guatemalan Juan Maegli (13th) and the Chilean Clemente Seguel Lacamara (24th), who still has two of the seven places up for grabs Paris 2024 and they freed up two spots for South America.

The fact is that both Seguil and Maegli had already obtained Olympic qualification in Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023, By winning the silver and bronze medals respectively, they then freed up two places for South America. One went to Guaragna and the other went to the Brazilian Bruno Fontes.

So the Argentine joins Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco, who took over from Santiago Lange and will compete in the Nacra 17, Francisco Saubidet Birkner (iQ foil), Lucia Falasca (ILCA6), Chiara Ferretti (iQ Foil) e Catalina Turienzo (Kite Foil).

This is how things are Guaragna will compete in his second Olympics after finishing in 24th place Tokyo 2021 and, after three years of high-level competitions, he will try to improve his performances and, why not, reach the Medal Race.

“My life revolves around the Olympics. The Argentine Nautical Federation (FAY) had faith in me and this fills me with pride. I also know that it’s a burden, it’s nice, but a very big responsibility. From today I have to answer for the trust they have placed in me”, we read in detail on the federation’s website.

Argentina, land of great sailors

Yachting is the second sport that has given Argentina the highest number of Olympic medals in all history, with a total of 10 and only after boxing (24). They are divided as follows:

• Rio de Janeiro 2016: Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza (gold in the Nacra 17 class)
• London 2012: Lucas Calabrese and Juan De La Fuente (bronze in 470).
• Beijing 2008: Santiago Lange and Carlos Espínola (bronze in the Tornado).
• Athens 2004: Santiago Lange and Carlos Espínola (bronze in Tornado).
• Sydney 2000: Carlos Espínola (silver at Mistral).
• Sydney 2000: Javier Conte and Juan De La Fuente (bronze in 470).
• Sydney 2000: Serena Amato (bronze in Europe).
• Atlanta 1996: Carlos Espínola (silver in the Mistral).
• Rome 1960: Héctor Calegaris, Jorge Del Río and Jorge Salas Chaves (silver in the Dragon).
• London 1948: Emilio Homps, Rodolfo Rivademar, Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre, Enrique A. Sieburger, Enrique C. Sieburger and Julio Sieburger (silver in the 6 meter class)