Santiago Grillo Explained

Santiago Grillo
Fullname:Santiago Enrique Grillo Diez
Birth Date:27 May 1987
Birth Place:Cali, Colombia
Height:1.85 m
Weight:70 kg
Club:Velas y Vientos
Coach:Manuel Fumagallo

Santiago Enrique Grillo Diez (born May 27, 1987 in Cali), known as Santiago Grillo, is a Colombian windsurfer who specialized in class.[1] [2] A two-time Olympian (2008 and 2012), he is ranked no. 82 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation. Grillo also trains for Velas y Vientos in Cali under his Argentina-based personal coach Manuel Fumagallo.[1]

Grillo made his debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished last out of thirty-five sailors in the men's RS:X class with a net score of 293.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, as a 25 year old, Grillo qualified for his second Colombian team in the RS:X class by attaining a 53rd-place effort and an automatic berth at the World Championships in Cádiz, Spain.[4] Struggling to attain a top position in the opening series, Grillo accumulated a net score of 302 points for a 37th-place finish in a fleet of 38 windsurfers.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Santiago Grillo. London 2012. 5 September 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411073243/www.london2012.com/athlete/grillo-santiago-1105968/. 11 April 2013.
  2. Santiago Grillo. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081235/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/santiago-grillo-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 5 September 2013.
  3. Web site: Men's RS:X. Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. 5 September 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140105145933/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSAM102000/standings.html. 5 January 2014.
  4. News: Mera. Alda. La vela lleva a Santiago Grillo a Londres 2012. Sailor Santiago Grillo leads to London. Spanish. El País (Cali). 2 April 2012. 5 September 2013.
  5. Web site: Men's RS:X. London 2012. 27 November 2012. 31 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121031100141/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/rs-x-men/phase=sam102101/doc=summary.html. dead.
  6. News: Cierre agridulce para Santiago Grillo en la vela de Londres-2012. A bittersweet close for Santiago Grillo in sailing at London 2012. Spanish. El País (Cali). 5 August 2012. 5 September 2013.

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