Last Friday, August 2, a surname that is especially familiar to us won the gold medal in sailing. It was a Botín, Diego Botín, grandson of the banker Jaime Botín, former president of Bankinter, and nephew of Ana Botín, president of Banco Santander.. Together with his partner Florian Trittel, he won the 49er sailing event. But the sailing champion is not the only athlete from a wealthy family that we are seeing during these Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Also competing are Bill Gates’ equestrian son-in-law, Nayel Nassar, and Anna Kasprzak, co-owner of the Ecco shoe company.
About Diego Botín, the athlete is 30 years old and his sports career began at a very early age, since At just 7 years old, he entered the Príncipe Felipe High Performance Sailing Centre. His first Olympic Games were in Rio 2016, together with Iago López, finishing ninth. Later, he also participated in Tokyo 2020, this time finishing fourth and losing the bronze against the Germans, who tied on points. Also with Iago López, at the 2020 World Championship, he won the silver medal, while at the 2022 World Championship he again won a silver medal, but this time with Florian Trittel himself as a teammate.
In this quota of Spanish athletes we also find Eduardo Alvarez Aznarson of Silvia Aznar and Luis Álvarez Cervera. His mother, who passed away two summers ago, was one of the main shareholders of Bodegas Marqués de Riscal and Grupo Ibaizabal, dedicated to ship management. Eduardo’s trainer is his own father, a renowned six-time Olympic rider. Eduardo is ranked 31st in the International Equestrian Federation. He is considered the best rider in Spain today, according to the ranking of the Spanish Equestrian Federation, and is one of the great bets of equestrianism in these Paris Games. In April he already won the Global Champions Tour. On a personal level, he is married to Leticia Pérez-Seoane, daughter of the lieutenant colonel of the Royal Guard Santiago Pérez-Seoane.
Nayel Nassar, Jennifer Gates’ husband, is also competing at 33 years old on French soilThe rider, who gave Bill and Melinda a granddaughter (Leila) in March 2023, represents his country, Egypt, in the show jumping discipline. This is the same category in which the tycoon’s daughter competes, who unlike him did not manage to qualify for the competition. “I’m so excited to see you compete in the Olympics. I’m rooting for you,” Miranda herself wrote on her social media a few days ago.who has enjoyed these Games from the stands alongside Bill. Born in Chicago to Egyptian parents and raised in Kuwait before moving to California, he won the 2019 Longines Grand Prix of New York, becoming the first jockey to win the Longines Speed Challenge and the Longines Grand Prix at the same event and on the same horse. Paris 2024 is Nayel’s second Olympic Games. At Tokyo 2020, he made history by being part of Egypt’s first show jumping team in 60 years.
And there is more
American tennis star Jessica Pegula (30), who has once been ranked third in the world, is also competing in the world’s most important sporting event these days. Her father is Terry Pegulaoil and sports magnate with an estimated fortune of $7 billion. One of her teammates, Emma Navarro (23), also joins this list. She is the daughter of banker Ben Navarro (who has a net worth of 1.5 billion dollars and is behind Credit One). and granddaughter of Frank Navarro, who was a prominent American football coach. Her family also owns the Charleston Open, the oldest professional women’s tennis tournament in the country, where the tennis player herself made her debut in 2019, in addition to other tournaments.
Danish rider Anna Kasprzak (34) is co-owner of the footwear company Ecco, which last year had a turnover of 1.5 billion euros.. She herself founded this company together with her mother and brother. Her assets amount to one billion euros, placing her, according to Forbesabove Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi in the ranking of the richest athletes. Compete in the dressage modality.
Among other notable names we find the 25-year-old Mexican rider Carlos Hank Guerreiro, son of Carlos Hank Gonzálezpresident of Grupo Financiero Banorte, director of GRUMA (global food company) and general director of Grupo Hermes. The athlete’s great-grandfather was Carlos Hank González, governor of the State of Mexico from 1969 to 1975.who created the famous industrial group. As a teammate he has Eugenio Garza Pérez, grandson of David Garza Lagüera, founder of the Eugenio Garza Sada Center and Yolanda Santos de Hoyos, president of the Board of Trustees of the Monterrey Ballet. He is 28 years old.
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