Marcelo Ferreira
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Full name | Marcelo Bastos Ferreria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality |
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Born |
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 26 September 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 104 kg (229 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class(es) | Star | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marcelo Ferreira (born September 26, 1965) is a Brazilian sailor and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in the Star Class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta with Torben Grael.[1] He received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,[2] and won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[3]
Ferreira is World champion from 1990 and 1997, and seven times Brazilian champion (1989, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003).
References
- ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Sailing Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine. – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 4, 2008)
- ↑ 2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Sailing Archived 2013-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 4, 2008)
- ↑ 2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Sailing Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 4, 2008)
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