Ángela Pumariega Explained

Full Name:Ángela Pumariega Menéndez
Nationality:Spanish
Birth Date:12 November 1984
Birth Place:Gijón, Spain
Height:165 cm
Weight:60 kg
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Sport:Sailing
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Ángela Pumariega Menéndez (born 12 November 1984 in Gijón) is a Spanish sailor.[1] She won the gold medal in sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class, in the crew led by Támara Echegoyen and accompanied by Sofía Toro.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Previously, she was a junior Spanish champion and second at the Europeans in the Snipe class in 2002 and second at the Spanish women's nationals in 2008 also in Snipe.

Since May 2019, Pumariega acts as councilor in the city hall of Gijón after contesting as independent for the lists of the People's Party of Asturias in the local elections.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Angela Pumariega . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203202447/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/angela-pumariega-1.html . 3 December 2016 . Full name: Angela Pumariega Menéndez.
  2. Web site: Spain edges Australia for sailing match race gold . Fox News . 11 August 2012 . 19 August 2012.
  3. Web site: Spain win Elliot after Aussie skipper dunked . The Guardian . 11 August 2012 . 19 August 2012.
  4. Web site: Spain win dramatic Olympic sailing gold . The Times of India . 11 August 2012 . 19 August 2012.
  5. Web site: Angela Pumariega Menendez . London 2012 Olympics . . dead . 28 January 2013 . https://archive.today/20130128040914/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/pumariega-menendez-angela-1107284 . 19 August 2012.
  6. Web site: El PP de López-Asenjo mantiene los tres concejales actuales . The López-Asenjo PP maintains the three current councilors . . es . 27 May 2019.

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