Ángel Granda
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel Granda Roque |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 19 August 1997 Las Palmas, Spain |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Techno 293, RS:X |
| Club | Real Club Nautico de Gran Canaria |
Ángel Granda Roque (born 19 August 1997) is a Spanish sailor who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]
Granda started windsurfing at the age of 11 at the Real Club Nautico de Gran Canaria and made his major competitive debut at the 2011 U15 World Championships in San Francisco.[2] He claimed the under-21 title at the 2017 RS:X World Championships, finishing 15th overall in the competition.[3]
In March 2021, Granda was announced as Spain's representative in the men's RS:X event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.[4] At the Tokyo Games he placed tenth in the qualifiers to secure his spot in the medal race.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sailing GRANDA ROQUE Angel". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Ángel Granda: "No sé como describiría el poder hacer un buen papel en Tokio"". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Ángel Granda, campeón del mundo sub-21 de RS:X". Diario AS (in Spanish). 23 September 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Ángel Granda representará a España en los Juegos de Tokio en la clase RS:X". ABC (in Spanish). 16 March 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Ángel Granda se clasifica para la Medal Race en RS:X". Marca (in Spanish). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
External links[edit]
- Angel Granda Roque at World Sailing
- Angel Granda Roque at Olympics.com
- Ángel Granda at Olympedia
- Ángel Granda Roque at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- Official website (in Spanish)
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- Spanish male sailors (sport)
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- Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria sailors
- Sportspeople from Las Palmas
- 21st-century Spanish people
- Spanish yacht racing biography stubs