User:Jaalvarez7/María José Poncell

María José Poncell Maurin (Santiago, Chile; September 3rd, 1995) is a lawyer and Chilean sailor. Also known as "Coté".

Personal Life
María Jose was born in Santiago, Chile, the daughter of the Spanish sailor, Antonio Poncell, and Chilean sailor, Marissa Maurin (Current President of the Chilean Sailing Federation). She studied Law at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. As a lawyer, she worked as a legislative advisor and in the Chilean Child Protection Services.

Sailor career
She started sailing because of her parents. With several competitions both nationally and internationally, in different classes, the ILCA 6 is her speciality.

She is 10 times national champion in the women's Laser Radial category and, in addition, she has outstanding participations in international championships, such as TOP 10 in the ISAF Junior World Championship, gold medal in the 2016 Bolivarian Games, bronze medal in the 2018 Odesur Games and bronze medal in the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.

She has been a national team member at the Youth Olympic Games in 2010, the Pan American Games in 2015, 2019 and 2023 and the Odesur Games in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022.

=== Sports Results ===