Carlos Mauricio "Camau" Espínola (born 5 October 1971) is an Argentinewindsurfer and politician. He served as Mayor of Corrientes from 2009 to 2013 and is a National Senator since 2015.
Sailing career
NicknamedCamau, Espínola was born in Corrientes and started training at the Club Náutico de La Totora in his home province. He obtained his first important award, a silver medal, during the Pan American Games held in 1991 in Havana. In the following games, held in Mar del Plata in 1995, Espínola obtained the gold medal.
A year later he won the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics held in Atlanta; he would win a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney. In 1998, he won the gold medal in the European windsurf Championship held in Greece.
In 1996, Carlos received the Gold Olimpia Award as the best athlete of the year from his country. He won the Platinum Konex Award two times, in 2000 and 2010, as the best sailor from the each decade in Argentina.[1]
Political career
In April 2009, Espínola announced he was a candidate for the office of Mayor of Corrientes, on the ticket of Fabián Ríos, Front for Victory candidate for Governor of Corrientes Province.[2] He was elected as mayor of his native city on 13 September, and on 10 December he took office. He is a member of the Justicialist Party (Peronist) and of the Front for Victory (Kirchnerist), the Peronist faction and alliance led by PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner. Espínola was nominated as the Front for Victory candidate for governor ahead of the September 2013 elections in Corrientes. He was defeated by incumbent Governor Ricardo Colombi of the centrist UCR, however, by a 51-to-46% margin; Espínola was succeeded as mayor by fellow Front for Victory lawmaker Fabián Ríos.[3]
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