Álvaro Alonso Ortega

Álvaro Alonso
Álvaro Alonso in 2025
Personal information
BornÁlvaro Alonso Ortega
(2004-08-25) 25 August 2004
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
OccupationSailor
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Signature
Sailing career
SportSailing
ClubRoyal Gran Canaria Yacht Club
Coached by
ClassDinghy

Álvaro Alonso Ortega (born 25 August 2004 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria) is a Spanish sailor who competes for the Royal Gran Canaria Yacht Club.[1][2] He is a two-time Spanish national champion in the 29er class and placed fifth at the 2022 29er World Championship.[3][4][5]

Education

Outside his sailing career, Alonso is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering at the Complutense University of Madrid.[6]

Sailing career

Álvaro Alonso Ortega at the 29er World Championship

He began sailing at the age of seven with the Club de Regatas Suroeste de Mogán in the Canary Islands.

Between 2015 and 2017, he won several local and regional Optimist regattas before joining the Royal Gran Canaria Yacht Club, where he continues to compete.[7][8][9] In 2017, he finished fourth in Spain's national selection series,[10][11] earning qualification for the Optimist World Championship in Pattaya, Thailand.[12][13]

In mid-2019, he transitioned to the two-person 29er skiff, training under Olympic sailors Aarón Sarmiento and Andrés Barrio.[14] That same year, he finished runner-up in the absolute category at the 2019 Spanish National Championship.[15] He subsequently won two national titles,[16][17][18] thereby qualifying to represent Spain at the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships.[19]

In 2021, he was recognised as a Spanish High-Level Athlete (DAN) by the High Council for Sports (Spanish: Consejo Superior de Deportes, CSD),[20] following his tenth-place finish at the 29er World Championship.[21]

In 2022, Alonso led the overall standings at the 29er World Championship for several days before finishing fifth,[22][23][24][25] and also placed sixth at the 29er European Championship.[26][27][28]

References

  1. ↑ EFE (2 August 2022). "Yoel Hernández y Álvaro Alonso, líderes del Mundial de 29er". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Soler, Jaume (3 August 2022). "Yoel Hernández y Álvaro Alonso se colocan líderes del Mundial de 29er en El Balís". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Portas, Pep (4 October 2020). "Paula Laiseca/Elena Barrio y Álvaro Alonso/Guillermo Castellano campeones de España de 29er". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  4. ↑ EFE (3 August 2022). "Yoel Hernández y Álvaro Alonso pierden el liderato en el Mundial de 29er". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Éxitos de la vela canaria con 4 campeones de España en 29er y 2 en Adaptada". La Provincia (in Spanish). 6 October 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Conferencia D. Amador G. Ayora, director «El Economista»". Colegio Mayor Alcalá (in Spanish). 19 December 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Los regatistas del Club Nàutic s'Arenal clasificados para el mundial y el europeo tras el Campeonato de España de Optimist". Club Nàutic S'Arenal. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  8. ↑ EFE (3 August 2022). "Cinco tripulaciones españolas en la lucha por las medallas". As (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Trofeo Comodoro y Campeonato de Canarias de RSX y Techno 293". Masmar (in Spanish). 21 January 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Samuel Beneyto y Álvaro Alonso irán al Mundial". La Provincia (in Spanish). 1 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "La cartagenera Marina León formará parte del equipo nacional de la clase Optimist para el Europeo de Bulgaria de vela". Ayuntamiento de Cartagena (in Spanish). 3 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  12. ↑ Portas, Pep (2 July 2017). "Equipo español para el Mundial y el Europeo de Optimist". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  13. ↑ EFE (2 July 2017). "Los regatistas grancanarios Samuel Beneyto y Álvaro Alonso irán al Mundial de Tailandia". El Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "ALONSO/CASTELLANO JUNTO A LODOS/DÍAZ DOMINAN LA COPA DE CANARIAS DE 29ER". Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria (in Spanish). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "Alonso-Castellano y 'Quicorras' Urios-Benetti brillan en las citas de Las Palmas y Valencia". El Periòdic (in Spanish). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "Doble podio grancanario en la Copa de España 29er". La Provincia (in Spanish). 5 September 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "Paula Laiseca-Elena Barrio y Alonso-Castellano vencen en el Nacional de 29er en Valencia". Nautica Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  18. ↑ "Los canarios Alonso y Castellano y Laiseca y Barrio líderes del nacional de 29er". Real Club Náutico de Valencia (in Spanish). 4 October 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  19. ↑ "Oro mundial para Martina Lodos y Martina Díaz y brance para Paula e Isabel Laiseca". Canarias 7 (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  20. ↑ "Resolución de 21 de diciembre de 2021, de la Presidencia del Consejo Superior de Deportes, sobre la relación de deportistas de alto nivel correspondiente al tercer listado del año 2021" (PDF). Consejo Superior de Deportes (in Spanish) (313): 167572. 30 December 2021.
  21. ↑ E. D. L. (31 August 2021). "Martina Lodos y Martina Díaz, campeonas del mundo U17 femenino, clase 29er". La Provincia (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  22. ↑ Suelves, Marc Bernad (6 August 2022). "Oro femenino para Paula e Isabel Laiseca en el Mundial de 29er". As (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  23. ↑ EFE (6 August 2022). "Las hermanas Laiseca, campeonas mundiales de 29er". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  24. ↑ Soler, Jaume (3 August 2022). "Los italianos Demurtras y Santi afrontan la Fase Final del Mundial de 29er en El Balís líderes". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  25. ↑ "Las hermanas Laiseca se coronan como campeonas del Mundo de clase 29er". La Provincia (in Spanish). 6 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  26. ↑ Canarias Ahora Deportes (6 August 2022). "Paula e Isabel Laiseca, campeonas del mundo femeninas de la clase 29er". El Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  27. ↑ EFE (1 August 2022). "Los canarios Hernández-Alonso novenos; Hungría, líder". As (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  28. ↑ M.O. (5 July 2022). "Martina Lodos y Martina Díaz, en sub 17, campeonas de Europa de 29er". La Provincia (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
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