Carlos Vilar
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| Full name | Carlos Vilar Castex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Argentina |
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| Born | 9 June 1930 Buenos Aires |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Buenos Aires |
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| Class(es) | Snipe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club |  Club Náutico San Isidro |
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Carlos Vilar Castex (9 June 1930, Buenos Aires – 15 February 2014) was an Argentinian sailor gold medallist in the Pan American Games and the Snipe World Championships.[1]
He started sailing Snipes with his brother, Jorge Antonio Vilar Castex, 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.
Pan American Games
- 1st place in Snipe at Buenos Aires 1951.
