BOTIN le CHEVER Diego

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	49er	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
21	49er	2018	Aarhus, DEN
37	49er	2014	Santander, ESP

Class World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	49er	2020	Geelong, VIC, AUS
4	49er	2019	Auckland, NZL
8	49er	2017	Porto, POR

Class European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	49er	2018	La Rochelle, FRA
4	49er	2019	Weymouth, GBR
10	49er	2017	Kiel, GER

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	49er	2017	Hyeres, FRA
2	49er	2018	Miami, FL, USA
3	49er	2017	Miami, FL, USA
5	49er	2017	Santander, ESP
6	49er	2020	Enoshima, JPN
6	49er	2019	Genoa, ITA
7	49er	2019	Enoshima, JPN
7	49er	2016	Melbourne, VIC, AUS
9	49er	2018	Hyeres, FRA
10	49er	2019	Miami, FL, USA

Surfing. (nauticalnewstoday.com, 25 Aug 2017)

Athlete

Marine Engineering - University of Cantabria, Santander, ESP

English, French, Spanish

Real Club Maritimo Santander [Spain]

Jose Lis [national], ESP

He is related to Carlos Botin Polanco, who represented Spain in athletics [100m and 4x100m relay[ at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. His father Gonzalo is a sailor who claimed gold at the Class 40 world championships in 2010 and 2012. His uncle Marcelino is a boat designer whose designs have taken part in sailing races such as the America's Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race. (marca.com, 28 May 2016; expansion.com, 24 Apr 2020; World Sailing, 2012; botinpartners.com, 01 Sep 2016)

He began sailing at age seven in Santander, Spain. (abc.es, 27 Jun 2016)

"I've always lived by the sea. I think it was my father's passion for sailing that made me want to try it. I saw him sailing and it looked very appealing. From then on, I haven't been able to leave it." (abc.es, 27 Jun 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (eldiariomontanes.es, 10 Dec 2019)

He trains at the high performance training centre in Santander, Spain. (eurosport.es, 18 Jun 2020)

King of Spain Felipe VI, who was a member of the sailing team at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. (abc.es, 27 Jun 2016)

He and his crewmate Iago Lopez were named the 2019 Best Olympic Team at the National Sailing Awards in Spain. (sevi.net, 13 Sep 2019; mrcyb.es, 07 Sep 2019)