Lange / Carranza

Santiago Raúl Lange was born September 22, 1961, in San Isidro, Argentina, sailing from age six at Club Náutico San Isidro. Before multihulls he won three Snipe World Championships (1985, 1993, 1995) — only the second sailor ever to do so. His Olympic career spanned seven Games and 32 years: Soling (Seoul 1988), Laser (Atlanta 1996), Tornado (Sydney 2000, 10th), and Tornado bronze at both Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. In 2015 he was diagnosed with lung cancer and had roughly a quarter of one lung removed; less than a year later, sailing the newly introduced Nacra 17 with Cecilia Carranza Saroli, he won Rio 2016 gold — earning the 2016 Rolex World Sailor of the Year award. Between campaigns he raced two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race and America's Cup challenger series, and later served as Nacra 17 class association president. Two of his sons, Yago and Klaus, are also Olympic sailors.

Lange and Carranza carried Argentina's flag together at the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony, then won the Tokyo medal race to finish 7th. He has been named Argentina's top sailor (Olimpia de Plata) seven times, received the Magnus Olsson Prize in 2017, and retired from Olympic racing in 2023.

Cecilia Carranza Saroli was born December 29, 1986, in Rosario, Argentina. She raced the Women's Laser Radial at Beijing 2008 (12th) and London 2012 (21st), winning 2011 Pan American Games gold. Ahead of Rio 2016 she moved into the new Nacra 17, partnering veteran Santiago Lange: Worlds silver in Santander (2014), then Rio 2016 gold in the class's Olympic debut. The pair added Worlds bronze in 2018 and returned to Tokyo 2020 (7th); Carranza was one of Argentina's flag bearers at that Games' opening ceremony. She is openly gay and was recognized among the record number of LGBTQ+ athletes at the Tokyo Games. She is currently coaching the next generation of Argentinian skiff sailors.