Tania Elías Calles

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Tania Elías Calles
Personal information
Full nameTania Elías Calles Wolf
NationalityMexican
BornApril 17, 1979 (1979-04-17) (age 45)
ILCA 6
Club Club Náutico Avándaro
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Laser Radial
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Los Angeles Laser Radial

Tania Elías Calles Wolf (born April 17, 1979 in Mexico City) is a Mexican sailor. She is the great-granddaughter of general Plutarco Elías Calles. At 6 years old she started in the sport of sailing and she has competed at four Olympic Games.[1]

She participated in the Europe dinghy category at the

women's laser radial.[3]
She is a member of the athlete commission for the World Antidoping Agency since 2012 and the representative for high performance athletes at her National Antidoping Committee. Writer and author of her autobiography called "The Challenge, in pursuit of Olympic Glory" released in the summer of 2013.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tania Elías". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Full name: Tania Elías Calles Wolf
  2. ^ Aumentan los clasificados latinoamericanos a Londres 2012 Archived 2014-03-16 at the Wayback Machine "El uruguayo Alejandro Foglia terminó 18º en Láser, mientras que en femenino la mexicana Tania Elías Calles Wolf alcanzó un meritorio octavo puesto."
  3. ^ "London 2012 Laser Radial - One Person Dinghy women Results - Olympic sailing". Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-07-24.

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