Frederico Melo
Personal information | |
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Full name |
Frederico Ricciardi Pinheiro de Melo |
Nationality |
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Born |
Azusa, California, United States | 13 July 1987
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
Sailing career | |
Class(es) | Dinghy, keelboat |
Club | Clube Naval de Cascais[1] |
Coach | Andy Zawija[1] |
Frederico Ricciardi Pinheiro de Melo (born July 13, 1987 in Azusa, California, United States) is a Portuguese sailor, who specializes in heavyweight one-person dinghy (Finn) and two-person keelboat (Star) classes.[1][2] He represented his nation Portugal, along with his partner and three-time Olympian Afonso Domingos, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has trained throughout his sailing career with Cascais Naval Club (Portuguese: Clube Naval de Cascais) in his current residence Cascais, under his personal coach Andy Zawija.[1][3] Born and raised in the United States, Melo also held a dual citizenship to compete internationally for his parents' homeland in sailing. As of June 2015, Melo was ranked twentieth in the world for the heavyweight one-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation.
Melo qualified for the Portuguese sailing team in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, securing a berth by placing thirteenth at the 2011 ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[4][5] He and his skipper Domingos struggled to mount a challenge against a field of fifteen other boats throughout the ten-race series, ending them in the penultimate position out of sixteen with a net grade of 108.[6][7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Frederico Melo". London 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ "Frederico Melo". 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
- ↑ "Afonso Domingos/Frederico Melo: «Adversários são campeões e medalhados»" [Afonso Domingos/Frederico Melo: "Our opponents are champions and medalists"] (in Portuguese). Portugal: Record. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ "Quotas Olímpicas do Tiro e Vela atribuídas" [Olympic quotas have already distributed in sailing and shooting] (in Portuguese). Olympic Committee of Portugal. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ Mendes, Rui (15 December 2011). "Portugal garante qualificação para Londres2012 na classe Star" [Portugal ensures a qualified spot in the Star class for London 2012] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ "Men's Star". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ↑ "Londres 2012: Domingos/Melo fecham classe de star no 15.º lugar" [London 2012: Domingos/Melo finished fifteenth in the Star class] (in Portuguese). Lux.pt. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
External links
- ISAF Profile
- Portuguese Olympic Team Bio (in Portuguese)
- NBC Olympics Profile