Birth name Agustin Gilberto Diaz Name Augie Diaz | Nationality United States | |
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Agustín Díaz (born June 6, 1954 in Havana, Cuba), known as Augie Diaz, is an American sailor and world-class competitor in the Snipe, Star and Laser classes.
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He is the son of Gonzalo Diaz, who sailed for Cuba at the 1959 Pan American Games.
He began sailing Optimists at the age of eight in Clearwater, Florida. After graduating from Christopher Columbus High School (Miami) in 1972, Diaz sailed for Tulane University, where he studied Mechanical engineering. He was All American on the Tulane Green Wave sailing team in 1973, 1974 y 1975, leading the team to win the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy in 1974. That same year he was elected ICSA College Sailor of the Year.
He received the US Sailor of the Year Award in 2003.
He has been Snipe world champion in 2003 and 2005, and Star world champion in 2016.
In the Snipe class, he was also world masters champion in 2002, 2004, 2006 y 2012; Western Hemisphere & Orient champion in 1972 and 2002; North American champion in 1974, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2013; and U.S. National champion in 1974, 1980, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
He has won a silver medal in Snipe at the 2011 Pan American Games and a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.