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| name           = Raúl Ríos
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| fullname       = Raúl Andrés Ríos de Choudens
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| nationality    = {{PUR}}
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1993|03|12|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Guaynabo, Puerto Rico]] 
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| classes        = [[Snipe (dinghy)|Snipe]]
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| collegeteam    = [[Boston College Eagles]] 
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| medaltemplates-title = Competition record
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{{MedalSport|[[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[List_of_World_Championships_medalists_in_sailing_(centreboard_classes)#Optimist|Optimist World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|Çeşme 2008|Optimist}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games|Toronto 2015]]|[[Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Snipe|Snipe]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Sailing at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|Mayagüez 2010]]|Snipe}}
{{MedalGold| [[Sailing at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games|Veracruz 2014]]|Snipe}}
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'''Raúl Ríos''' (born December 3, 1993 in [[Guaynabo, Puerto Rico]]), is a world class [[sailor]] in the [[Optimist (dinghy)|Optimist]] and [[Snipe (dinghy)|Snipe]] classes.

He began sailing [[Optimist (dinghy)|Optimists]] at the age of ten at the [[Club Náutico de San Juan]],<ref>[http://www.noticel.com/noticia/177444/raul-rios-y-fernando-monllor-hermanos-en-el-mar-rumbo-a-los-panamericanos.html Raúl Ríos y Fernando Monllor: hermanos en el mar rumbo a los Panamericanos]</ref> and became North American champion and World champion in 2008.<ref>[http://www.optiworld.org/default/news/new/text/ioda-world-sailing-championship-2008-07-26 IODA World Sailing Championship]</ref> 

From the Optimist class, he moved into the [[420 (dinghy)|420]], [[Snipe (dinghy)|Snipe]] and [[Lightning (dinghy)|Lightning]] classes.<ref>[http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/09/30/raul-rios-on-a-roll/ Raul Rios: On A Roll]</ref> He started sailing in the Snipe Class by crewing for Ernesto Rodriguez just after summer of 2008, training for the Western Hemisphere’s championship in [[Uruguay]] that November where they finished third overall. He then took the skipper position, with [[Fernando Monllor]] from the [[Club Náutico de Ponce]] as a crew, competing in the US Nationals, the North Americans, the Western Hemisphere and Oriental Championship, the Pan American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games.       

His accomplishments in this class so far:
*US Nationals Champion (2013, 2014, 2015)
*North American Champion (2015)
*Western Hemisphere and Oriental Champion (2014)
==Pan American Games==

*4th place in Snipe at [[Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Snipe class|Guadalajara 2011]].
*1st place in Snipe at [[Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Snipe|Toronto 2015]].

==Central American and Caribbean Games==

*1st place in Snipe at [[Sailing at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|Mayagüez 2010]].
*1st place in Snipe at [[Sailing at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games|Veracruz 2014]].
  
==College== 
Ríos sailed for [[Boston College]], where he earned ICSA Coed All-American Honors, earned first team All-NEISA Skipper Honors, was named an All-America Skipper in May 2013 after helping the Coed team place fifth at the Nationals in St. Petersburg, Florida, won the B Division with teammate Patrick Hession at the Danmark Regatta, where the team placed second overall, helped the Eagles place 10th at the ICSA/APS Team Race National Championships on Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, helped the Eagles place second at the Fowle Trophy Regatta in 2013, sailed with teammate Patrick Hession in the B Division, posting 90 points, as BC placed second at the NEISA Dinghy Championship in 2013, and was a member of the team that helped BC place second at the Friis & Marchiando Trophies.<ref>[http://bceagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7411&path=sail Raul Rios - 2015-16 Sailing]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mayaguez2010.com/m2010res/ESP/ZB/ZBB101A_SA@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ESP_number=262857.htm Official profile Central American and Caribbean Games 2010] 
*[http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/es/vela/perfil-de-atleta-n10154244-rios-de-choudens-raul-andres.htm Official profile Pan American Games 2015]

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[[Category:1993 births]]
[[Category:Boston College sailors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican sailors (sport)]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 2011 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 2015 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Snipe class sailors]]