Nationality Colombia Name Santiago Grillo Class(es) Sailboard Role Olympian | Club Velas y Vientos Height 1.83 m Coach Manuel Fumagallo Weight 73 kg | |
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Full name Santiago Enrique Grillo Diez Born 27 May 1987 (age 36) ( 1987-05-27 ) Cali, Colombia | ||
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Santiago Enrique Grillo Diez (born May 27, 1987 in Cali) is a Colombian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. A two-time Olympian (2008 and 2012), he is ranked no. 82 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation. Grillo also trains for Velas y Vientos in Cali under his Argentina-based personal coach Manuel Fumagallo.
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Grillo made his debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished last out of thirty-five sailors in the men's RS:X class with a net score of 293.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, as a 25 year old, Grillo qualified for his second Colombian team in the RS:X class by attaining a 53rd-place effort and an automatic berth at the World Championships in Cadiz, Spain. Struggling to attain a top position in the opening series, Grillo accumulated a net score of 302 points for a 37th-place finish in a fleet of 38 windsurfers.