Jorge Vilar

Jorge Vilar
Personal information
Full nameJorge Antonio Vilar Castex
Nationality Argentina
Born(1931-06-27)27 June 1931
Buenos Aires
Died17 February 2015(2015-02-17) (aged 83)
Buenos Aires
Sailing career
SportSailing
Club Club Náutico San Isidro
ClassSnipe
Competition record
Sailing
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first placeBuenos Aires 1951Snipe
Snipe World Championships
Gold medal – first placePalma de Mallorca 1948Snipe
Silver medal – second placeLarchmont 1949Snipe
Gold medal – first placeHavana 1951Snipe

Jorge Antonio Vilar Castex (27 June 1931 in Buenos Aires – 17 February 2014) was an Argentine sailor gold medallist in the Pan American Games and the Snipe World Championships.[1][2]

He started sailing Snipes with his brother, Carlos, at the Club Náutico San Isidro and entered competition on the class in 1947.[3] He went on to win the World Championship in 1948 as a crew and in 1951 as a skipper, in both cases with his brother Carlos. They also placed second at the 1949 Worlds. In 1953 they finished 6th and in 1958 they were 5th.

Pan American Games

References

  1. ↑ "Carlos Vilar Castex Premio Konex 1980: Yachting". Fundación KONEX. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Falleció Jorge Vilar Castex, dos veces Campeón Mundial de Snipe". Sailor's Weekly. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Falleció Jorge Vilar Castex, dos veces Campeón Mundial de Snipe". Sailor's Weekly. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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