Carlos Julio Flores Pérez[a] (born 27 October 1980) is a Venezuelan former windsurfer, who specializes in Mistral and Neil Pryde RS:X classes.[1] He represented his country Venezuela in two editions of the Summer Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), finishing in the top thirty respectively in two different sailboards.[2] A member of Centro de Vela Ligera in Anzoategui, along with his younger brother and eventual two-time Olympian Daniel, Flores trained for the country's sailing federation under the tutelage of his personal coach Christian Larte.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Julio Flores Pérez |
| Nationality |  Venezuela |
| Born | 27 October 1980 Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Sailboard |
| Club | Centro de Vela Ligera |
| Coach | Christian Larte |
Flores made his Olympic debut in Athens 2004, sailing in the men's Mistral class. There, he accumulated a net grade of 232 points to obtain a lowly twenty-fifth overall position from a 34-man fleet at the end of the eleven-race series.[2][3]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Flores qualified for his second Venezuelan team in the inaugural RS:X class.[4] Building up to his Olympic selection, he finished eighteenth out of 50 windsurfers in the silver fleet to grab the last of the nine quota spots available at the class-associated Worlds seven months earlier in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][5] Flores stormed out from behind to cross the top-fifteen mark on the final leg of the ten-race series, but it was not enough to put him through to the final, ending his Olympic quest in twenty-ninth overall with 232 net points.[6]
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carlos Julio Flores". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Beijing 2008: Velerismo da nuevo cupo olímpico a Venezuela" [Beijing 2008: Sailing gives a new quota to Venezuela] (in Spanish). People's Daily. 21 January 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Men's Mistral One Design Class". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Venezuela viajará con 109 atletas a Beijing" [Venezuela will send 109 athletes to Beijing] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Down To The Wire At RS:X Worlds". World Sailing. 18 January 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Men's RS:X Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
External links
edit- Carlos Flores at World Sailing
- Carlos Julio Flores at Olympedia
- Carlos Julio Flores Perez at Olympics.com
- Carlos Julio Flores Perez at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Carlos Julio Flores Perez at the NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2012)
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