Susana Romero (sailor)
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| Full name | Susana Romero Steensma | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 September 1990 Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | Dinghy | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Real Club Nautico de Gran Canaria | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Manuel Pazos Santi López-Vázquez | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Susana Romero Steensma[a] (born 5 September 1990) is a Spanish former sailor, who specialized in the Laser Radial class.[1] She represented her country Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics and eventually earned a bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.[2] Romero trained under the tutelage of her personal coach Santi López-Vázquez, while sailing competitively for Gran Canaria Royal Nautical Club (Spanish: Real Club Nautico de Gran Canaria).[3]
Romero competed for the Spanish sailing squad, as a 17-year-old, in the inaugural Laser Radial class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She topped the national rankings by a 19-point edge ahead of Alicia Cebrián to lock the country's Laser Radial spot for the Games, based on her performance in three selection meets approved by the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation.[4] Romero started comfortably with a stellar top-ten feat on the second mark, but she steadily faded her pace towards the middle of the fleet for the remainder of the series, sitting her in the twenty-first spot with a net grade of 127.[5][6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Romero and the second or maternal family name is Steensma.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Susana Romero". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Susana Romero, medalla de bronce tras la suspensión de la última jornada" [Susana Romero took the bronze on the last day after the suspension] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 4 July 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Blanco, Joaquín (11 August 2007). "Susana Romero, subcampeona del Mundo en Láser Radial juvenil" [Susana Romero finished as the runner-up at the Youth Laser Radial Worlds] (in Spanish). eldiario.es. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Blanco, Joaquín (28 April 2008). "Vela – La canaria Susana Romero gana la selección nacional de Laser Radial y representará a España en Pekín" [Sailing: Susana Romero wins the national selection in Laser Radial and will represent Spain in Beijing] (in Spanish). Europa Press. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Women's Laser Radial Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ "Discreta marca" [A discrete mark] (in Spanish). EuroSport. 17 April 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- Susana Romero Steensma at World Sailing
- Susana Romero Steensma at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- Susana Romero at Olympics.com
- Susana Romero at Olympic.org (archived)
- Susana Romero at Olympedia
- Susana Romero at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2012)
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- Mediterranean Games medalists in sailing
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- Sportspeople from Las Palmas
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