Carlos Vilar
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| Full name | Carlos Vilar Castex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
9 June 1930 Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
15 February 2014 (aged 83) Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | Snipe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club |
 Club Náutico San Isidro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carlos Vilar Castex (9 June 1930, Buenos Aires – 15 February 2014) was an Argentinian sailor gold medallist in the Pan American Games and the Snipe World Championships.[1]
He started sailing Snipes with his brother, Jorge Antonio Vilar Castex, at the Club Náutico San Isidro and entered competition on the class in 1947.[2] He went on to win the World Championship in 1948 as a skipper and in 1951 as a crew, in both cases with his brother Jorge. 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.
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