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Olympic sailor
Domingo Manrique won Olympic gold in the Flying Dutchman class at Barcelona 1992 with Luis Doreste.
Domingo Manrique, born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, belongs to the golden generation of Canarian sailing. At Barcelona 1992 he won Olympic gold in the Flying Dutchman class with Luis Doreste.
That victory reinforced Gran Canaria's image as an elite sailing nursery and confirmed sailing's weight in Spanish Olympic history.
His name is tied to one of the brightest moments of Canarian sport at the Olympic Games.