Dominican water skier Robert Pigozzi won the gold medal with a record of three buoys in 10,25 meters in the water ski slalom at the Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru on Monday, 29 July 2019. This is the first time that the DR has received a gold medal in water skiing at the Pan American Games.
Pigozzi is from Boca Chica where his family runs a water skiing training business.
His medal is the second gold medal won by the Dominican Republic in the games. Weightlifter Beatriz Pirón won the first gold in the 49kg weightlifting competition.
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30 July 2019