Blanca Manchón

Blanca María Manchón Domínguez (born 6 March 1987 in Seville) is a Spanish windsurfer.

[1] She won the gold medal at the 2010 RS:X Windsurfing World Championships.

Seven months after giving birth, Blanca was proclaimed Champion of the Windsurfing World in the Raceboard Class!

This courageous woman sailed onwards with the support of her family and friends and most importantly, her son Noah.

In an interview with the Spanish newspaper Marca, Blanca criticised "the concept held that a sporting woman who becomes pregnant at age 29 is never again going to do anything, as if her career were finished.” She came back to competition.