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María José Poncell

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María José Poncell
Personal information
Born (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 29)
Santiago, Chile
Sport
Country Chile
SportSailing
EventLaser Radial

María José Poncell Maurin (born 3 September 1995) is a Chilean lawyer and sailor.[1] She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

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María José was born in Santiago, daughter of the Spanish sailor, Antonio Poncell, and the Chilean sailor, Marissa Maurin (current President of the Chilean Sailing Federation). She studied law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.[2] As a lawyer, she has worked as a legislative advisor and in the National Service for the Specialised Protection of Children and Adolescents in Chile.

Poncell is nicknamed "Coté".[3]

Career

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She was introduced to sailing by her parents. She has participated in several competitions at national and international level, with Laser Radial (ILCA 6) her specialty.

She is 10-time national champion in the women's category in Laser Radial and had success at a number of international championships, including top 10 in the ISAF Junior World Championship, a gold medal in the 2016 Bolivarian Games,[4] a bronze medal in the 2018 Odesur Games,[5] and bronze medal in the 2023 Pan American Games.[6]

She has been a national team member at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games,[7] the 2015, 2019 and 2023 Pan American Games and the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 Odesur Games.[8]

Poncell was selected to represent Chile at the 2024 Summer Olympics, following in the footsteps of her mother who competed at the 1992 Games; they became the first mother-daughter Olympian duo in Chile's history.[3]

Results

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International championships

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Year Championship Place Discipline Results
2008 Women World Championship Roquetas del Mar, España Snipe
2009 Youth World Championship Sub-16 Buzios, Brasil ILCA 4
2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapur Byte 22°
2011 South American Laser Championship Montevideo, Uruguay ILCA 6 13° (1° Sub-17)
2012 Youth World Championship Dublín, Irlanda ILCA 6 10°
2012 Boliviarian Beach Games Lima, Perú ILCA 6
2013 South American Laser Championship Algarrobo, Chile ILCA 6
2014 South American Games Concón, Chile ILCA 6
2014 Semana de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina ILCA 6
2014 South American Laser Championship Paracas, Perú ILCA 6 14°
2015 San Isidro Labrador San Isidro, Argentina ILCA 6
2015 South American Laser Championship Porto Alegre, Brasil ILCA 6
2015 Panamerican Games Toronto, Canadá ILCA 6
2016 Bolivarian Games Iquique, Chile ILCA 6
2017 South American Laser Championship Mar del Plata, Argentina ILCA 6
2018 North American Championship Long Beach, California ILCA 6 16°
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia ILCA 6
2019 Pan American Games Paracas, Lima ILCA 6 13°
2019 Cup Brasil de Vela Río de Janeiro, Brasil ILCA 6
2023 Vaucluse Regatta Sydney, Australia ILCA 6
2023 Sail Melbourne Melbourne, Australia ILCA 6 13°
2023 Sunfish North American Springfield, IL, USA Sunfish Women
2023 Sunfish South American Paracas, Perú Sunfish Women
2023 Bolivarian Games Santa Marta, Colombia Sunfish Women
2023 Pan American Games Santiago, Chile (Algarrobo) Sunfish Women

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ILCA 6 National Championships

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Año Lugar Resultado
2010 Algarrobo, Chile 1° Women
2011 Algarrobo, Chile 1° Women
2012 Rapel, Chile 1° Women
2013 Panguipulli, Chile 1° General
2014 Algarrobo, Chile 1° Women
2015 Rapel, Chile 1° Women
2016 Antofagasta, Chile 1° Women
2017 Frutillar, Chile 1° Women
2018 Dichato, Chile 1° Women
2019 Algarrobo, Chile 2° Women
2021 Valdivia, Chile 1° Women

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References

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  1. ^ "World Sailing - Maria Jose Poncell Maurin". World Sailing. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  2. ^ www.ilogica.cl, Ilógica-. "Velerista y alumni de Derecho UC, María José Poncell, clasifica a los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024". Alumni UC (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  3. ^ a b "La abogada que marcará un hito para las deportistas chilenas en los JJ.OO. de París" [The lawyer who will mark a milestone for Chilean athletes in the Olympic Games. from Paris]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 6 June 2024.
  4. ^ "María José Poncell obtuvo medalla de oro en vela de los Juegos Bolivarianos de Iquique". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  5. ^ "Chile suma dos medallas gracias a la Vela". La Tercera. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. ^ "La vela asegura dos medallas más para Chile en los Juegos Panamericanos". Emol. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  7. ^ "Olympedia – María José Poncell". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  8. ^ "World Sailing - Maria Jose Poncell Maurin". World Sailing. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  9. ^ "World Sailing - maria jose poncell". World Sailing. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  10. ^ "Clase ILCA 6 | Federación de Vela de Chile".