Roberto Molina Carrasco

Roberto Molina Carrasco, born in Arrecife, Lanzarote, is a key figure in Canarian and Spanish Olympic sailing, and his gold medal at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games in the 470 class alongside Luis Doreste represents one of the founding moments of modern Canarian Olympism. That triumph on American soil inaugurated a brilliant era for Spanish sailing that would continue throughout the following years.

The 470 class is a two-person dinghy in which the coordination between helm and crew is decisive for performance. In that partnership, Doreste and Molina found a synchrony that allowed them to sail with efficiency and precision in variable conditions, surpassing the world's best teams in Olympic competition. Molina contributed from his role as crew member the physical capability, coordination, and boat awareness needed for the pair to function as a perfect unit.

His Lanzarote origins broaden the island map of Canarian nautical success beyond Gran Canaria, the island that concentrates the greatest number of historic sailing figures from the archipelago. Lanzarote, with its deep relationship with the sea and its maritime tradition, contributed in Molina an Olympic expression of the first order, inscribed in the collective memory of Canarian sport. His medal forms part of the founding narrative of modern Canarian Olympism and remains a reference for new generations of sailors across the archipelago.