{{Short description|Cuban-born American yacht racer}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Augie Diaz | image = Augie Díaz 2017.JPG | image_size = | caption = Diaz in 2017 | birth_name = Agustín Gilberto Díaz | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = {{USA}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|06|06}} | birth_place = [[Havana]], [[Cuba]] | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | retired = | classes = [[Snipe (dinghy)|Snipe]], [[Star (sailboat)|Star]], [[Laser (dinghy)|Laser]] | club = {{Unbulleted list|{{yachtclub|Coconut Grove Sailing Club}}|{{yachtclub|Coral Reef Yacht Club}}|{{yachtclub|Biscayne Bay Yacht Club}}}} | collegeteam = {{collegesailingteam|Tulane University}} | coach = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[Commodore Hub E. Isaacks and O'Leary Trophies|2003 Borstahusen]] | Snipe }} {{MedalGold | [[Commodore Hub E. Isaacks and O'Leary Trophies|2005 Gamagōri]] | Snipe }} {{MedalGold | [[Star World Championships|2016 Miami]] | Star }} {{MedalGold | 2002 St. Petersburg | Snipe (masters) }} {{MedalGold | 2004 Bracciano | Snipe (masters) }} {{MedalGold | 2006 Nassau | Snipe (masters) }} {{MedalGold | 2012 Santiago de la Ribera | Snipe (masters) }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[Sailing at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971 Cali]] | [[Sailing at the 1971 Pan American Games – Snipe class|Snipe]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]] | [[Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Snipe class|Snipe]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]] | [[Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Snipe|Snipe]] }} }}

'''Agustín Díaz''' (born June 6, 1954), known as '''Augie Diaz''', is an American [[sailing (sport)|sailor]] and world-class competitor in the [[Snipe (dinghy)|Snipe]], [[Star (sailboat)|Star]] and [[Laser (dinghy)|Laser]] classes.

He is the son of Gonzalo Diaz, who sailed for [[Cuba]] at the [[1959 Pan American Games]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160101192526/http://www.teamusa.org/us-sailing/athletes/Augie-Diaz Augie Diaz Sailing]</ref>

He began sailing [[Optimist (dinghy)|Optimists]] at the age of eight in [[Clearwater, Florida]]. In 1973, he won the IYRU Single-handed dinghy World Youth title in the [[Laser (dinghy)|Laser]] class. After graduating from [[Christopher Columbus High School (Miami)]] in 1972, Diaz sailed for [[Tulane University]], where he studied [[Mechanical engineering]]. He was All American on the [[Tulane Green Wave]] sailing team in 1973, 1974 and 1975, won the [[ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship]] in 1973 and the [[ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship]] in 1974, leading the team to win the [[Leonard M. Fowle Trophy]] in 1974. That same year he was elected [[ICSA College Sailor of the Year]].

He received the [[US Sailor of the Year Awards|US Sailor of the Year Award]] in 2003, and was inducted in the [[National Sailing Hall of Fame]] in 2021.<ref>[https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2021/09/20/class-of-2021-augie-diaz/ Class of 2021: Augie Diaz]</ref>

He has been [[Commodore Hub E. Isaacks and O'Leary Trophies|Snipe world champion]] in 2003 and 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.snipe.org/72-the-class/history/234-world-championship-results |title=Snipe World Championship |access-date=2015-05-25 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304184956/http://www.snipe.org/72-the-class/history/234-world-championship-results |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Star World Championships|Star world champion]] in 2016.<ref>[http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2016/04/16/augie-diaz-and-bruno-prada-win-star-worlds/ Augie Diaz and Bruno Prada Win Star Worlds]</ref>

In the Snipe class, he was also [[Id Crook Memorial Trophy|world masters champion]] in 2002, 2004, 2006 y 2012;<ref>[http://www.snipe.org/72-the-class/history/228-world-master-championship Snipe World Master Championship]</ref> [[Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship|Western Hemisphere & Orient champion]] in 1972, 2002 and 2021; [[Snipe North American Championship|North American champion]] in 1974, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2013; and [[United States Snipe National Championship|U.S. National champion]] in 1974, 1980, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2025.

He has won a [[silver medal]] in Snipe at the [[Sailing at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971 Pan American Games]] and a [[silver medal]] in the Snipe at the [[Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games|2011 Pan American Games]] and a [[bronze medal]] at the [[Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games|2015 Pan American Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/sailing/athlete-profile-n10157427-diaz-augie.htm |title=DIAZ Augie Toronto 2015 Athlete Profile |access-date=2015-10-15 |archive-date=2015-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823104812/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/sailing/athlete-profile-n10157427-diaz-augie.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Pan American Games== * Silver medal in Snipe at [[Sailing at the 1971 Pan American Games – Snipe class|Colombia 1971]]. * Silver medal in Snipe at [[Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Snipe class|Guadalajara 2011]]. * Bronze medal in Snipe at [[Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Snipe|Toronto 2015]].

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=USAAD1|www=agustin-diaz|name=Agustin Diaz}} * {{Team USA|new_id=augie-diaz|old_id=augie-diaz|sport=us-sailing}} * {{2015 Pan American Games profile|sailing/athlete-profile-n10157427-diaz-augie}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028220454/http://www.sailing.org/worldsailor/2003/29709.php |date=mdy |title=Augie DIAZ (USA) : World Sailor of the Year}}

{{Footer World Champions Open Snipe}} {{Footer World Champions Star}}

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