Tara Pacheco
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| Full name | Tara Pacheco van Rijnsoever | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 October 1988 Arucas, Spain | ||||||||||||||
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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]
She was runner-up at the 2006 420 Female World Championships. Pacjeco first teamed with Iker Martinez to win European Nacra 17 title in 2014.[4]
At the 2017 Nacra 17 World Championship, she and Echavarri won a silver medal.[5][4] They were beaten by Ben Saxton and Katie Dabson[6] She and Echavarri also won the silver medal at the 2017 European Championships.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Born in Spain, Pacheco is of Dutch descent through her mother.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Results Centre - Nacra". sailing.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ a b c "2017 World Championship". nacra17.org. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Fast, furious and wild Nacra 17 ride at Rio 2016". sailing.org. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Britain's Ben Saxton and Katie Dabson win Nacra 17 World Championship". BBC Sport. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Los fogones de la campeona".
External links[edit]
- Tara Pacheco Van Rijnsoever at World Sailing
- Tara Pacheco Van Rijnsoever at Olympics.com
- Tara Pacheco at Olympedia
- Tara Pacheco Van Rijnsoever at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- Tara Pacheco Van Rijnsoever at the Comité Olímpico Español (new page) (in Spanish)
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Spanish female sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors for Spain
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17
- Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17
- 470 class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Spain
- People from Arucas, Las Palmas
- Sportspeople from the Province of Las Palmas
- Spanish people of Dutch descent
- Spanish sportspeople stubs