María José Poncell Maurin (born 3 September 1995) is a Chilean lawyer and sailor. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Personal life María José was born in Santiago, daughter of the Spanish sailor, Antonio Poncell, and the Chilean sailor, Marissa Maurin (former president of the Chilean Sailing Federation). She studied law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. As a lawyer, she has worked as a legislative advisor and in the National Service for the Specialised Protection of Children and Adolescents in Chile.
Poncell is nicknamed "Coté".
Career She was introduced to sailing by her parents. She has participated in several competitions at national and international level, with Laser Radial (ILCA 6) her specialty.
She is 10-time national champion in the women's category in Laser Radial and had success at a number of international championships, including top 10 in the ISAF Junior World Championship, a gold medal in the 2016 Bolivarian Games, a bronze medal in the 2018 Odesur Games, and bronze medal in the 2023 Pan American Games.
She has been a national team member at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, the 2015, 2019 and 2023 Pan American Games and the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 Odesur Games.
Poncell was selected to represent Chile at the 2024 Summer Olympics, following in the footsteps of her mother who competed at the 1992 Games; they became the first mother-daughter Olympian duo in Chile's history.
Results
International championships YearChampionshipPlaceDisciplineResults2008Women World ChampionshipRoquetas de Mar, SpainSnipe8°2009Youth World Championship Sub-16Armação dos Búzios, BrazilILCA 47°2010Youth Olympic GamesSingaporeByte22°2011South American Laser ChampionshipMontevideo, UruguayILCA 613° (1° Sub-17)2012Youth World ChampionshipDublin, IrelandILCA 610°2012Boliviarian Beach GamesLima, PeruILCA 64°2013South American Laser ChampionshipAlgarrobo, ChileILCA 65°2014South American GamesConcón, ChileILCA 68°2014Semana de Buenos AiresBuenos Aires, ArgentinaILCA 69°2014South American Laser ChampionshipParacas, PeruILCA 614°2015San Isidro LabradorSan Isidro, ArgentinaILCA 63°2015South American Laser ChampionshipPorto Alegre, BrazilILCA 69°2015Panamerican GamesToronto, CanadaILCA 62016Bolivarian GamesIquique, ChileILCA 61°2017South American Laser ChampionshipMar del Plata, ArgentinaILCA 69°2018North American ChampionshipLong Beach, United StatesILCA 616°2018South American GamesCochabamba, BoliviaILCA 63°2019Pan American GamesParacas, PeruILCA 613°2019Cup Brasil de VelaRio de Janeiro, BrazilILCA 64°2023Vaucluse RegattaSydney, AustraliaILCA 61°2023Sail MelbourneMelbourne, AustraliaILCA 613°2023Sunfish North AmericanSpringfield, United StatesSunfish Women1°2023Sunfish South AmericanParacas, PeruSunfish Women2°2023Bolivarian GamesSanta Marta, ColombiaSunfish Women2º2023Pan American GamesSantiago/Algarrobo, ChileSunfish Women3°
ILCA 6 National Championships AñoLugarResultado2010Algarrobo, Chile1° Women2011Algarrobo, Chile1° Women2012Rapel, Chile1° Women2013Panguipulli, Chile1° General2014Algarrobo, Chile1° Women2015Rapel, Chile1° Women2016Antofagasta, Chile1° Women2017Frutillar, Chile1° Women2018Dichato, Chile1° Women2019Algarrobo, Chile2° Women2021Valdivia, Chile1° Women
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