Blanca Manchón
Blanca María Manchón Domínguez[lower-alpha 1] (born 6 March 1987 in Seville) is a Spanish windsurfer.[1] She won the Gold medal at the 2010 RS:X Windsurfing World Championships.[2]
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| Full name | Blanca María Manchón Domínguez | |||||||||||||
| Born | 6 March 1987 (age 33) Seville, Spain | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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After Blanca announced her pregnancy on 2016, her main sponsor dropped her. Seven months after giving birth, Blanca was proclaimed Champion of the Windsurfing World in the Raceboard Class! This courageous woman sailed onwards with the support of her family and friends and most importantly, her son Noah.
In an interview with the Spanish newspaper Marca, Blanca criticised "the concept held that a sporting woman who becomes pregnant at age 29 is never again going to do anything, as if her career were finished.”
Blanca came back to competition. On one of her last tweets, she says: "8th in the World Cup The Chinese take the medals but I take that if you want YOU CAN! Super happy!!"
Notes
- This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Manchón and the second or maternal family name is Domínguez.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Blanca Manchón". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2019-11-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Blanca Manchon at World Sailing
- Blanca Manchón at Olympedia
- Blanca Manchon Dominguez at the International Olympic Committee
- Blanca Manchon Dominguez at the Olympic Channel
- Blanca María Manchón Domínguez at Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)