Carlos Vilar
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Vilar Castex
Nationality Argentina
Born(1930-06-09)9 June 1930
Buenos Aires
Died29 June 2021(2021-06-29) (aged 91)
Buenos Aires
Sailing career
ClassSnipe
Club Club Náutico San Isidro
Competition record
Sailing
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place Buenos Aires 1951 Snipe
Snipe World Championships
Gold medal – first place Palma de Mallorca 1948 Snipe
Silver medal – second place Larchmont 1949 Snipe
Gold medal – first place Havana 1951 Snipe

Carlos Vilar Castex (9 June 1930 – 29 June 2021) was an Argentinian sailor gold medallist in the Pan American Games and the Snipe World Championships.[1]

Biography

Vilar was born in Buenos Aires. He started sailing Snipes with his brother, Jorge, at the Club Náutico San Isidro and entered competition on the class in 1947.[2] He went on to win the World Championship in 1948 as a skipper and in 1951 as a crew, in both cases with his brother Jorge. They also placed second at the 1949 Worlds. In 1953 they finished 6th and in 1958 they were 5th.

Vilar died from COVID-19 and heart disease in June 2021.[3]

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. ^ "ᐈ Murió "Charly" Vilar Castex, Icono del Yachting Argentino". 30 June 2021.


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