Carlos Vilar Explained

Carlos Vilar should not be confused with Carlos Alcántara Vilar.

Carlos Vilar
Fullname:	Carlos Vilar Castex
Birth Date:	1930 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Buenos Aires
Death Place:	Buenos Aires
Classes:	Snipe
Medaltemplates-Title:	Competition record

Carlos Vilar Castex (9 June 1930 – 29 June 2021) was an Argentine sailor gold medallist in the Pan American Games and the Snipe World Championships.^[1]

Biography

Vilar was born in Buenos Aires. He started sailing Snipes with his brother, Jorge, 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.

Vilar died from COVID-19 and heart disease in June 2021.^[3]

Pan American Games

• 1st place in Snipe at Buenos Aires 1951.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carlos Vilar Castex Premio Konex 1980: Yachting. Fundación KONEX. 24 October 2015.
2. Web site: Falleció Jorge Vilar Castex, dos veces Campeón Mundial de Snipe . Sailor's Weekly . 24 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151223073014/http://www.sailorsweekly.com.ar/weekly21-2-2014.htm . 23 December 2015 .
3. Web site: ᐈ Murió "Charly" Vilar Castex, Icono del Yachting Argentino. 30 June 2021.