Carlos Vilar Castex (9 June 1930 – 29 June 2021) was an Argentine sailor gold medallist in the Pan American Games and the Snipe World Championships.

He started sailing Snipes with his brother, Jorge, at the Club Náutico San Isidro and entered competition on the class in 1947.

[2] He went on to win the World Championship in 1948 as a skipper and in 1951 as a crew, in both cases with his brother Jorge.

Vilar died from COVID-19 and heart disease in June 2021.

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