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Nora Brugman

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Brugman and the second or maternal family name is Cabot.

Nora Brugman
Personal information
Full nameNora Brugman Cabot
Nationality Spain
Born (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 32)
Barcelona, Spain
Sailing career
Class470
ClubClub de Vela Blanes
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 S'Arenal 470
Silver medal – second place 2022 Sdot Yam 470
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Cannes 470
Silver medal – second place 2022 Çeşme 470

Nora Brugman Cabot (born 31 January 1992) is a Spanish sailor who competes in the 470 category. Between 2016 and 2020, Brugman competed under the United States banner before she reverted to Spain.[1]

Career

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Brugman's parents were professional athletes. Her mother Mercè Cabot was a competitive skier, while her father, Daniel Brugman, born in Boston, was an ice hockey player at CG Puigcerdà. As she began to have a passion for water sports, Brugman started practicing sailing when she was 4 years old.[2][3]

At the beginning of 2016, Brugman formed a duo with Sofía Toro with the aim of qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro that same year, which they did not qualify.[4][5] That same summer, after graduating in Advertising and Public Relations at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, she left to live in the United States.[1] She started the new Olympic cycle competing under the American flag, but she also failed to qualify for Tokyo 2020.[6][2] The 2020 Games would be the last with the 470 class divided by gender, moving to have a single mixed category from 2024.[7] Jordi Xammar, with whom they have known each other since childhood,[8] and who had just won the Olympic bronze medal in Tokyo, offered to form a tandem with Brugman.[7] In 2022 they won the silver medals in the World and European Championships, and by 2024 they won the gold medal in both of these aforementioned championships.[9][10][11] As a result, the Catalan duo qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nora Brugman: "A unos Juegos Olímpicos no se puede llegar con ningún punto débil"". Mundo Deportivo. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Quién es Nora Brugman, una novata en los Juegos que aspira al oro" (in Spanish). Onda Cero. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Los orígenes de Nora Brugman: donde nació y de dónde son sus padres" (in Spanish). Relevo. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ "La catalana Nora Brugman, nueva tripulante de Sofía Toro" (in Spanish). RFEV. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. ^ UCAM Deportes, ed. (28 April 2016). "Sofía Toro y Nora Brugman, a por nuevos desafíos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Team Brugman". St. Francis Sailing Foundation. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Nora Brugman, que buscará el oro en los Juegos de París con Jordi Xammar: "La vela te enseña a solucionar las cosas por ti misma"" (in Spanish). La Razón. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  8. ^ Padilla, Toni (7 August 2024). "Xammar i Brugman, dos amics de tota la vida a un pas de la medalla" (in Catalan). Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  9. ^ "2022 470 European Championship". 2022europeans.470.org.
  10. ^ "2024 470 European Championship". 2024europeans.470.org.
  11. ^ "Nora Brugman Cabot - Biographical Information". COI. 2024.
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