Tara Pacheco

{{short description|Spanish sports sailor (born 1988)}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox sailor | image = | caption = | full_name = Tara Pacheco van Rijnsoever | nationality = Spanish | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|3|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Arucas, Las Palmas|Arucas]], Spain | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[sailing (sport)|sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|[[2017 Nacra 17 World Championship|2017 La Grande-Motte]]|Nacra 17}} }}

'''Tara Pacheco van Rijnsoever''' (born 3 October 1988 in [[Arucas, Las Palmas|Arucas]]) is a Spanish professional sailor and four times olympian.

==Sailing Career== ===Olympics=== * 10 out of 20 in [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 470|2012 Women's 470 class]] with crew [[Berta Betanzos]]<ref name="OlympicBotGeneratedRef">{{cite web |title=Tara Pacheco |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/pacheco-tara-1107280/ |work=London 2012 Olympics |publisher=[[The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited]] |access-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911225805/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/pacheco-tara-1107280/ |archive-date=11 September 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/tara-pacheco-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092658/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/tara-pacheco-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Tara Pacheco |access-date=2017-09-19}}</ref> * 11 out of 20 in [[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17|2016 Nacra 17 mixed multihull]] as crew for [[Fernando Echavarri]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results_centre.php |title=Rio 2016 Results Centre - Nacra |website=sailing.org |language=en |access-date=2017-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812093556/http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results_centre.php |archive-date=2016-08-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 6 out of 20 in [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17|2020 Nacra 17 mixed multihull]] with crew [[Florián Trittel]] * 11 out of 19 in [[Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17|2024 Nacra 17 mixed multihull]] with crew [[Andrés Barrio]]

===World Championships=== She was runner-up at the 2006 [[420 World Championships|420 Female World Championships]].

At the 2017 [[Nacra 17 World Championship]], she and Echavarri won a silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sailing.org/news/40394.php#.WcGPQch97IU |title=Fast, furious and wild Nacra 17 ride at Rio 2016 |website=sailing.org |language=en |access-date=2017-09-19}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://nacra17.org/events/2017-world-championship/?newsid=8126 |title=2017 World Championship |website=nacra17.org |language=en |access-date=2017-09-19}}</ref> They were beaten by [[Ben Saxton (sailor)|Ben Saxton]] and [[Katie Dabson]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-09-10 |title=Britain's Ben Saxton and Katie Dabson win Nacra 17 World Championship |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/sailing/41220357 |access-date=2024-07-11 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> She and Echavarri also won the silver medal at the 2017 European Championships.<ref name=":0" />

===Other Events=== Pacjeco first teamed with [[Iker Martínez de Lizarduy|Iker Martinez]] to win European Nacra 17 title in 2014.<ref name=":0" /> ==Personal life== Born in Spain, Pacheco is of Dutch descent through her mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laprovincia.es/gran-canaria/2010/03/25/fogones-campeona-10793478.html|title=Los fogones de la campeona|date=25 March 2010 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{sport links}} * {{World Sailing|id=ESPTP1|www=tara-pacheco-van-rijnsoever|name=Tara Pacheco Van Rijnsoever}} * {{Olympics.com profile|tara-pacheco-van-rijnsoever|Tara Pacheco Van Rijnsoever}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{COE|id2=72528BC1B0867650C12573E1003AB9E3|name=Tara Pacheco Van Rijnsoever}} * [https://www.coe.es/deportistas/info-atleta/?idath=343891&athcode=ATH-31fba7e7-e42d-48e8-9e71-1794f7e44f6f Tara Pacheco Van Rijnsoever] at the ''[[Spanish Olympic Committee|Comité Olímpico Español]]'' (new page) {{in lang|es}}

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