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{{short description|Argentine sailor}}
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{{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }}
{{MedalCountry| {{ARG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] | [[Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 6 metre class|6 metre class]]}}
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'''Emilio Carlos Homps''' (September 28, 1914 &ndash; November 2, 2012)<ref name="Tablero">{{Cite news|title = Emilo Homps: "Aprendí a navegar en la Laguna de San Pedro"|language = Spanish|publisher = Tablero Deportivo|date = 2008-10-01|url = http://tableroprueba.blogspot.com/2008/10/emilo-homps-navegar-en-la-laguna-de-san.html|accessdate = 2010-05-31}}</ref><ref name="Obit">{{cite web|title = Falleció un histórico olímpico|work = Noticias|publisher = Comité Olímpico Argentino|date = 2012-11-03|url = http://www.coarg.org.ar/index.php/noticias/item/153-falleci%C3%B3-un-hist%C3%B3rico-ol%C3%ADmpico|accessdate = 2012-12-31|language=es}}</ref> was an [[Argentines|Argentine]] [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[sailor]] who competed at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]]. He won a silver medal in the [[Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 6 metre class|6 metre class]] event, alongside teammates [[Enrique Sieburger, Sr.]], [[Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre]], [[Rodolfo Rivademar]], [[Julio Sieburger]], and [[Enrique Sieburger, Jr.]]<ref name="Sports Reference">{{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans |author3=Bill Mallon |author4=Hilary Evans |title = Emilio Homps Bio, Stats, and Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = June 2016|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/emilio-homps-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/emilio-homps-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|accessdate = 2017-01-03}}</ref> Born in [[San Pedro, Buenos Aires Province|San Pedro]], [[Argentina]], he was a member of the Yacht Club [[Olivos, Buenos Aires Province|Olivos]] and received his Olympic ship, the ''Djinn'', from the [[Argentine Navy]]. As a youth, he also [[swimming (sport)|swam]], [[rowing (sport)|rowed]], and played [[rugby union]] at the national level.<ref name="Tablero"/> In 2006 he was awarded an honorary diploma from the city of [[Vicente López, Buenos Aires|Vicente López]] for his lifelong successes in sport.<ref name="Sports Reference"/>

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[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:Argentine male sailors (sport)]]
[[Category:Olympic sailors for Argentina]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Argentina]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in sailing]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]


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