Carlos Espínola (sailor)

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Olympic medal record
Men's sailing
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Mistral
Silver	2000 Sydney	Mistral
Bronze	2004 Athens	Tornado

Carlos Mauricio Espínola (born October 5, 1971 in Corrientes) is an Argentine windsurfer.

Nicknamed Camau, Espínola started training at the Club Náutico de La Totora in his home province, to obtain his first achievement of importance, a silver medal, during the Pan American Games held in 1991 in La Habana. In the following games, held in Mar del Plata in 1995, Espínola obtained the golden medal.

A year later he received the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics held in Atlanta; medal he would get also in Sydney the following Olympic Games. In 1998, he get the golden medal in the European windsurf Championship held in Greece.

Espínola then decided to change category, from Mistral (windsurf) to Tornado, with Santiago Lange he got a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.