Enrique Figueroa

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20th-century American sportsmen

21st-century American sportsmen

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1964 births

Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Tornado

Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico

Universidad del Sagrado Corazón alumni

Pan American Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico

Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games

Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico

Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games

Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico

Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games

Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games

Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

Competitors at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in sailing

Olympic sailors for Puerto Rico

Pan American Games bronze medalists in sailing

Pan American Games gold medalists in sailing

Puerto Rican male sailors (sport)

Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Tornado

Sailors at the 1999 Pan American Games

Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Tornado

Sailors at the 2003 Pan American Games

Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Tornado

Sailors at the 2007 Pan American Games

Sailors at the 2011 Pan American Games

Sailors at the 2015 Pan American Games

Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17

Enrique Figueroa Suárez (born February 25, 1964), also known as "Quique Figueroa", is a Puerto Rican sailor. Figueroa is the only sailor of Puerto Rico to win four gold medals in the Central American-Caribbean Games. He has also competed at five Olympic Games, from 1988 to 2004 and in 2020. In 1999, Figueroa and his wife Carla Malatrasi won a gold medal in sailing in the Pan Am Hobie competition celebrated in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. On March 3, 2003 the Senate of Puerto Rico honored Enrique Figueroa and his wife Carla Malatrasi by recognizing their achievements.

In 1984, Figueroa was in the 7th Hobie 14 Worlds celebrated in Puerto Azul, Philippines and came 3rd; in the same year, he enrolled the Universidad del Sagrado Corazon (Sacred Heart University) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he majored in Business Marketing.

In 1994, Figueroa won the IYRU World Sailing Championship title. The regatta winners had their sights set on the 2004 Olympics and Partalympic Games in Athens, Greece. 503 sailors participated with a fleet of 323 boats representing 39 nations. Figueroa went to the 2004 Olympic Games and represented Puerto Rico at the Olympics for the fourth time.

Enrique Figueroa

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