Raúl Ríos Explained

Raúl Ríos
Fullname:Raúl Andrés Ríos de Choudens
Birth Date:3 December 1993
Birth Place:Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Classes:Snipe

Raúl Andrés Ríos de Choudens (born 3 December 1993 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico), is a world class sailor in the Optimist, Snipe, and Lightning classes.

He began sailing Optimists at the age of ten at the Club Náutico de San Juan,[1] and became North American champion and World champion in 2008.[2]

From the Optimist class, he moved into the 420, Snipe and Lightning classes.[3] He started sailing in the Snipe Class by crewing for Ernesto Rodriguez just after summer of 2008, training for the Western Hemisphere's championship in Uruguay that November where they finished third overall. He then took the skipper position, with Fernando Monllor from the Club Náutico de Ponce as a crew, competing in the US Nationals, the North Americans, the Western Hemisphere and Oriental Championship, the Pan American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games.

He won the following regattas:

In 2017, he won another world championship, the Snipe class Worlds, with Max Agnese as his crew, in Corunna,[7] the bronze medal at the Lightning Southamericans, and World Championship at Salinas Yacht Club, with Sebastian Higuera and Nicolas Deeb.[8] [9]

Pan American Games

Central American and Caribbean Games

College

Ríos sailed for Boston College, where he earned ICSA Coed All-American Honors, earned first team All-NEISA Skipper Honors, and was named an All-America Skipper in 2013,2014,215 and 2016.[10]

He earned the 2015-16 Eagle of the Year Award,[11] and was one of the three finalists for the prestigious College Sailor of the Year award.[12] Raul served as Team Captain and encouraged his team to engage in community service projects and high academic success.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raúl Ríos y Fernando Monllor: hermanos en el mar rumbo a los Panamericanos . 2015-10-23 . 2015-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150726010634/http://www.noticel.com/noticia/177444/raul-rios-y-fernando-monllor-hermanos-en-el-mar-rumbo-a-los-panamericanos.html . live.
  2. Web site: IODA World Sailing Championship . 2015-10-23 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090203/http://www.optiworld.org/default/news/new/text/ioda-world-sailing-championship-2008-07-26 . live.
  3. Web site: Raul Rios: On A Roll . 30 September 2015 . 2015-10-23 . 2015-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151002162651/http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/09/30/raul-rios-on-a-roll/ . live.
  4. Web site: North Americans in San Diego, CA USA . McCreary . David . www.snipe.org . 2016-11-09 . 2016-11-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161109153410/https://www.snipe.org/news/24-2011-news/128-north-americans-in-san-diego-ca-usa . live.
  5. Web site: Sailing News - Snipe - North American Championship 2012 - Toronto CAN - Final results . www.sailing-news.us . 2016-11-09.
  6. Web site: South American Championship. www.snipe.org . 2023-04-09.
  7. Web site: Snipe Worlds 2017 . 2017-08-11 . 2017-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170811222140/http://snipeworlds.org/files/3015/0244/2744/Overall_Gold_1008.pdf . live.
  8. Web site: 2017 Lightning South American Championship . 2017-11-26 . 2017-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031753/https://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=4327 . live.
  9. Web site: 2017 Lightning World Championship . 2018-01-23 . 2018-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180124005829/https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=4328 . live.
  10. https://bceagles.com/sports/sailing/roster/raul-rios/7411 Raul Rios – 2015–16 Sailing
  11. http://bceagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7411 Raul Rios - 2015-16 Sailing
  12. Web site: Annual College Sailing Honors Awarded . 4 June 2016 . 2016-06-14 . 2016-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160605112035/http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2016/06/03/snow/ . live.

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