Puerto Rican Sailors Win Big at the 2015 Pan-American Games

The Puerto Rican medalists from the 2015 Pan-American Games posing together (from left to right): Enrique Figueroa, Raul Andres Rios De Choudens, Fernando Monllor Pacheco, and Franchesca Valdes Ortega.

Congratulations to the four Puerto Rican sailors who placed 1st & 3rd respectively in their classes at the 2015 Pan-American Games held last month in Toronto! Enrique Figueroa and Franchesca Valdes Ortega both won Bronze medals in the Open Hobie 16 class, while Raul Andres Rios De Choudens and Fernando Monllor Pacheco both won Gold medals in the Open Snipe class. A celebratory homecoming party was held for the winners this past Tuesday at the Club Nautico de San Juan in Puerto Rico, which will also be hosting the upcoming 2015 Caribbean Dinghy Championships this October.

To view the 2015 Pan-American Games Race results for the Open Hobie 16/Open Snipe classes and see the Puerto Rican sailor’s profiles, click here.