About Jorge de Cárdenas
Lived 1933 – 1989 (aged 56). Jorge de Cárdenas was a Cuban athlete.
Jorge de Cárdenas Plá (2 November 1933 – 15 February 1989) was a Cuban Olympic sailor.
Biography De Cárdenas was born in Havana, Cuba on 2 November 1933. He competed in three Olympic Games in the Finn and Star classes, in 1952 he finished 24th in the Finn class, in 1956 he finished 6th in the Star class crewing for his father Carlos de Cárdenas Culmell and in 1960 he finished 13th in the Star class together with his brother Carlos de Cárdenas Plá. He won a silver medal at the 1955 Star World Championships and a bronze medal at the 1956 edition.
De Cárdenas died in Miami, Florida on 15 February 1989, at the age of 55.
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Cuban sailor
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Jorge de Cárdenas was born on 2 January 1933.
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Jorge de Cárdenas died on 15 February 1989.
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Jorge de Cárdenas was Cuban.
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