Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman They are the beginners 470 class world champions. In the most important year, the Olympic year, the Catalan crew brought out the best in an important moment. After brushing the bar at two previous World Cups, where they were runners-up in Sdot Yam (Israel) and The Hague (Netherlands), they finally won their first gold, and also at home, in S Arenal (Majorca).
In Palmal Bay they were in positions close to the podium throughout the championship, until the last day they made a final attack on the lead, defeating the Japanese and German crews, who until then had been the great dominators. This allowed them to reach the final day with nine points ahead of British Vita Heathcote and Chris Grube and sixteen ahead of Japanese Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka.
All that remains is the Medal Race to determine what color the medal will be for Xammar and Brugman, who have already secured bronze. But a strong storm of sea and wind of more than 20 knots with a gust of 30, made it impossible to hold the Medal, so the results are valid after eleven races held throughout the week.
And because he was still small, Jordi the absolute fought him.
Since 2018 he has not been off the podium at a World Cup, silver in 2019, 2022 and 2023 and bronze in 2018 and 2021. First with Nico Rodríguez, with whom he will share the Olympic bronze at Tokyo 2020, and from there until even the 470 Mixed, he achieved it with Nora Brugman. And always, since he was a child, his parents, Pere Xammar and Cristina Hernández, were there as his great support.
Their story began after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, when Nora Brugman received a call from Jordi, who had known each other all their lives and had only been together for a few months. Nora is from 92 and Jordi is from 93, where they coincided. in its stages in the categories of children and youth such as Optimist and the 420.
Nora is the daughter of Daniel Brugman, an American ice hockey player, who went to Spain to play for CH Puigcerdà, and Mercè Cabot, a competitive skier. His dual nationality allowed him to make two Olympic campaigns with his brother Atlantic, one in Rio with Spain and the other in Tokyo with the United States, but they did not get a place for either them. In this third campaign in Xammar again in Spain, they won almost everything, now they just need the European title and the Olympic gold.
Three years after Mas and Cantero
The last victory of these qualities in 470 was achieved by Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero, who became world champions in 2021 in Vilamoura (Portugal).
Before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, achieve this, they are in a position to win the triplet in the same year (Olympic, World and European Gold), a fact that only Theresa Zabell and Patricia Guerra have achieved in Spain, also in the 470 class.
Source: La Verdad
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