Cecilia Carranza

Cecilia Carranza Saroli^[a] (born 29 December 1986) is an Argentine Olympic sailor.^[1][2][3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in the 21st place.^[4] At the 2008 Summer Olympics she finished 8th in the same event.^[2] Cecilia won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the category Nacra 17 alongside fellow sailor Santiago Lange.

Cecilia Carranza

Carranza in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Cecilia Carranza Saroli
Born	(1986-12-29) 29 December 1986 (age 37) Rosario, Argentina
Medal record Sailing Representing  Argentina Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Nacra 17 World Championships 2014 Santander Nacra 17 2004 Manly Laser Radial Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Women's Laser Radial

She qualified to represent Argentina with Lange at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[5] She and Lange were Argentina's flag bearers for the opening ceremony.^[6]

She was born in Rosario, Argentina.^[1][2] She is openly lesbian.^[7]

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carranza and the second or maternal family name is Saroli.

References

1. "Cecilia Carranza". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cecilia Carranza (full name: Cecilia Carranza Saroli)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
3. "SAILOR BIOGRAPHY: Cecilia Carranza". International Sailing Federation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
4. "Fleet Overall after Race 10". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
5. "Sailing-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics". Reuters. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
6. "Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza will be the Argentine flag bearers at the Olympic Games". Market Research Telecast. 23 June 2021. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
7. Outsports (12 July 2021). "At least 179 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Outsports. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

External links

• Cecilia Carranza at World Sailing
• Cecilia Carranza at World Sailing (archived)
• Cecilia Carranza at Olympics.com
• Cecilia Carranza at Olympedia
• Cecilia Carranza at the Argentine Olympic Committee (in Spanish)
• Cecilia Carranza at the Argentine Olympic Committee (in Spanish)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Sebastiano Gastaldi	Flagbearer for  Argentina Tokyo 2020 with Santiago Lange	Succeeded by Francesca Baruzzi Franco Dal Farra