Blanca Manchón

Blanca Manchón Domínguez (born 6 March 1987 in Seville) is a Spanish windsurfer.[1] She won the Gold medal at the 2010 RS:X Windsurfing World Championships.[2]

After Blanca announced her pregnancy on 2016, her main sponsor dropped her. Seven months after giving birth, Blanca was proclaimed Champion of the Windsurfing World in the Raceboard Class! This courageous woman sailed onwards with the support of her family and friends and most importantly, her son Noah.

In an interview with the Spanish newspaper Marca, Blanca criticised "the concept held that a sporting woman who becomes pregnant at age 29 is never again going to do anything, as if her career were finished.”

Blanca came back to competition. On one of her last tweets, she says: "8th in the World Cup The Chinese take the medals but I take that if you want YOU CAN! Super happy!!"

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Blanca Manchón". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. ↑ http://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/4431-blanca-manchon-is-the-world-sailor-of-the-year-2010


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