Stefano Peschiera Explained

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Stefano Peschiera
Nationality:Peruvian
Birth Date:16 January 1995
Birth Place:Lima, Peru
Sport:Sailing
Event:ILCA 7, ILCA 6, ILCA 4, Optimist
Turnedpro:06/05/2018
South Americans:1
Usnationals:5
Olympics:1
Highestranking:8

Stefano Peschiera (born 16 January 1995) is a Peruvian competitive sailor and Olympic medal winner.

He finished 4th in Laser Standard and 1st in Laser Radial at the 2014 South American Championships; 58th at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships; 3rd at the 2014 Laser Standard Men's Under-21 World Championship; 7th at the 2014 Laser North American Championship; 5th at the 2014 South American Games; and 2nd at the 2013 Bolivarian Games.[1]

In 2022, he won the Peruvian Nationals in the Snipe class.[2]

College

He won the ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship twice, in 2015 and 2018, the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship in 2018, and the ICSA Team Racing National Championship in 2017-18 sailing for the College of Charleston, and was named ICSA College Sailor of the Year in 2018.

Olympic Games

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's Laser class,[3] after getting Peru the first out of the 9 berths offered at the Laser World Championship in Kingston, Canada. He is currently Ranked number 8 in the World Sailing Rankings and qualified for the Olympic Games in 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He represented Peru again in the Paris 2024 Olympics where he won the bronze medal in the men's Laser class.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017-18 Sailing Roster . cofcsports.com.
  2. Web site: Peruvian Nationals – Final. Snipe Today.
  3. Web site: Stefano Peschiera . olympedia.org . 6 December 2020.
  4. Web site: 7 August 2024 . ¡Orgullo peruano! Stefano Peschiera ganó la medalla de bronce en los Juegos París 2024 . 7 August 2024 . andina.pe . es.