Pedro Campos Calvo-Sotelo

This article is about Spanish sailor. For people with a similar name, see Pedro Campos (disambiguation).

Pedro Campos Calvo-Sotelo (born 6 March 1955)[1] is a Spanish sailor who has competed in multiple America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race campaigns.

Campos was Vaurien World Champion in 1976 and raced in different classes, including the Snipe, Dragon, Star, 470 and 420 classes.[2]

Campos established a Spanish America's Cup campaign, Desafio España Copa América, for the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup.[3] The team, representing the Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona finished fifth. They again competed in the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, finishing sixth.[4] Desafio Español again competed in the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, finishing seventh.[5][6]

He then turned his attention to the 2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race, organising the Spanish entry, movistar.[7][8] For the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race, the team was sponsored by Telefonica and ran a two boat entry. Telefonica Blue finished third. Campos skippered Telefonica Black during the in-port races.[9]

Telefonica again entered the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race, finishing fourth. The team became Mapfre for the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, and again finished fourth.[10][11] They will again compete in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race.[12][13][14]

He is the president of North Sails Spain and is a member of the Royal Order of Sports Merit.[15]

  1. ^ Bruno Trouble The Louis Vuitton Cup:25 Years p.193
  2. ^ "Yachting; Liberty Cup as a Testing Ground". The New York Times. 30 June 1991. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ^ Roberts, Rich (20 February 1991). "America's Cup '92 : Syndicates At A Glance : A Monthly Progress Report". Retrieved 27 July 2017 – via LA Times.
  4. ^ "Sailing: Britain's credibility sinking without trace: Rudderless". Independent.co.uk. 13 July 1993. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ^ "ESP 47 Bravo Espana". Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  6. ^ "King of Spain to race at the Jubilee - YBW". 19 June 2001. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Telefónica MoviStar Supports Spanish Team". sailing.org. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Pedro Campos holds court".
  9. ^ "Pedro Campos to helm Telefonica Black for Volvo In-Port race". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  10. ^ Race, Volvo Ocean. "Spain is back". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Pedro Campos : Challenge and Adventure". challengeandadventure.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Blair Tuke signs with Spanish Team for Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Pedro Campos: "Xabi is a diesel engine; he doesn't accelerate and he doesn't stop" - MAPFRE". 23 March 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  14. ^ "MAPFRE Rejoins Volvo Ocean Race as Third Entry". www.sailingworld.com. February 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Pedro Campos, Speaker - Thinking Heads". www.thinkingheads.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.