Henrique Baixinho

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Henrique Baixinho Capela (* 23. September 1961 in Caminha ) is a former Portuguese lightweight - rowers .

Athletic career

Baixinho began his international career in the lightweight one . In 1986 he finished twelfth in this boat class at the World Championships in Nottingham . In 1987 in Copenhagen he improved to eighth place. In the 1988 Olympic year, the world championships in Milan were only held in the non-Olympic boat classes. Baixinho finished fourth, 1.28 seconds behind third-placed Italian Ruggero Verroca . At the World Championships in 1990 and 1991 , Baixinho finished ninth and seventh.

At the World Championships in 1992 and 1993 , Baixinho competed with Luis Fonseca in the lightweight double sculls , the two finished in seventh place. At the 1994 World Championships in Indianapolis, a Portuguese lightweight double scull with the line-up Luis Fonseca, Luis Ahrens Teixeira , José Leitão and Henrique Baixinho competed. The Portuguese won the bronze medal behind the boats from Austria and Italy, but 0.17 seconds ahead of the fourth-placed Germans. This was the first medal for Portugal at World Rowing Championships and (as of 2019) also the only medal. 1995 Baixinho and Teixeira took part in the lightweight double sculls at the World Championships in Tampere , but finished only 19th.

1996 were the first competitions in lightweight rowing on the program of the Olympic Games in Atlanta . Portugal took part with a lightweight four without a helmsman , the crew consisted of Samuel Aguiar , João Fernandes , Henrique Baixinho and Manuel Fernandes . The Portuguese took last place both in the run-up and in the repeat run. In the C-final they reached the finish line third and finished 15th out of 17 participating boats. In 2000 Baixinho took part again in international regattas, at the World Championships in Zagreb he reached tenth place with the lightweight quadruple scull .

Henrique Baixinho won a total of 55 Portuguese and 17 Brazilian championship titles. In addition to his sporting career, he worked as a craftsman.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Result LGW-One at the World Cup in 1988 at worldrowingcom
  2. ^ Result of the LGW double quad at the 1994 World Cup at worldrowing.com
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 837f
  4. ↑ In the interview on Minhodigital there are even 118 titles mentioned, but it is not clear in which age groups the titles were achieved.
  5. ↑ Brief portrait of Ana de Zé on artepopularportuguesa.org, (accessed March 6, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Baixinho, Henrique
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baixinho Capela, Henrique (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese rower
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Caminha