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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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{{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }}
{{Medal|Country | {{PUR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[List of World Championships medalists in sailing (centreboard classes)#Optimist|Optimist World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2008 Çeşme | Optimist }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commodore Hub E. Isaacks and O'Leary Trophies|Snipe World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2017 Corunna | Snipe }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]] | [[Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Snipe|Snipe]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Central American and Caribbean Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|2010 Mayagüez]] | [[Sailing at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|Snipe]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2014 Central American and Caribbean Games|2014 Veracruz]] | [[Sailing at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games|Snipe]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Lightning South American Championship]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2017 Salinas, Ecuador| Lightning }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Lightning World Championship]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2017 Salinas, Ecuador| Lightning }}
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'''Raúl Ríos''' (born December 3, 1993 in [[Guaynabo, Puerto Rico]]), is a world class [[sailor]] in the [[Optimist (dinghy)|Optimist]], [[Snipe (dinghy)|Snipe]], and [[Lightning (dinghy)|Lightning]] 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.

He won the following regattas:
* [[United States Snipe National Championship|United States National Championship]] (2013, 2014, 2015)
* [[Snipe North American Championship|North American Championship]] (2011,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snipe.org/news/24-2011-news/128-north-americans-in-san-diego-ca-usa|title=North Americans in San Diego, CA USA|last=McCreary|first=David|website=www.snipe.org|access-date=2016-11-09}}</ref> 2012,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sailing-news.us/?vs=26590&vt=1|title=;|website=www.sailing-news.us|access-date=2016-11-09}}</ref> 2015)
* [[Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship|Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship]] (2014)

In 2017, he won another world championship, the [[Commodore Hub E. Isaacks and O'Leary Trophies|Snipe class Worlds]], with Mac Agnese as his crew, in [[A Coruña|Corunna]], <ref>[http://snipeworlds.org/files/3015/0244/2744/Overall_Gold_1008.pdf Snipe Worlds 2017]</ref> the bronze medal at the [[Lightning (dinghy)|Lightning]] Southamericans, and World Championship at [[Salinas Yacht Club]], with Sebastian Higuera and Nicolas Deeb.<ref>[https://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=4327 2017 Lightning South American Championship]</ref> <ref>[https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=4328| 2017 Lightning World Championship ] </ref>

==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 [[Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association|ICSA]] Coed All-American Honors, earned first team All-[[New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association|NEISA]] Skipper Honors, was named an All-America Skipper in May 2013 after helping the Coed team place fifth at the [[Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championships|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 [[Leonard M. Fowle Trophy|Fowle Trophy]] 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>

He earned the 2015-16 Eagle of the Year Award,<ref>[http://bceagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7411 Raul Rios - 2015-16 Sailing]</ref> and was one of the three finalists for the prestigious [[ICSA College Sailor of the Year|College Sailor of the Year award]].<ref>[http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2016/06/03/snow/ Annual College Sailing Honors Awarded]</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]]
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[[Category:World champions in the Optimist]]
[[Category:People from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico]]
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[[Category:Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 2011 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 2015 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Snipe class sailors]]
[[Category:Snipe class world champions]]
[[Category:Pan American Games medalists in sailing]]
[[Category:World champions in sailing for Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games]]