Mario Quina

Mario Quina
Mário Quina (around 1960)
Nationality:	Portugal
Birthday:	January 1, 1930
Place of birth:	Estoril
Date of death:	September 8, 2017
Size:	182 cm
Weight:	75 kg
Boat classes:	Finn dinghy , star , kite
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Rome 1960 star

Mário Gentil Quina (born January 1, 1930 in Estoril ; † September 8, 2017 ) was a Portuguese sailor .

successes

Mário Quina took part in the Olympic Games four times . In his Olympic debut in Melbourne in 1952 in the Finn dinghy , he finished the regatta in 17th place. Eight years later he started in Rome , when Quina was the flag bearer of the Portuguese delegation at the opening ceremony , at the side of his brother José Manuel Quina in the star boat and won the silver medal with him. With 6665 points, they came second behind the Soviet Olympic champions Timir Pinegin and Fyodor Schutkow . At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , however, they did not get beyond 17th place in the star boat. In 1972 , Mário Quina was the skipper of the Portuguese boat in the dragon , whose crew consisted of his brother Francisco Quina and Fernando Lima Bello . With 120 points they finished the regatta in the Olympic Center Schilksee in 21st place.

In 2015 he was honored as a Grand Officer of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique .

Web links

Commons : Mário Quina  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mário Quina in the database of World Sailing (English)
• Mário Quina in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Morreu Mário Quina, um dos medalhados olímpicos de Portugal. In: publico.pt. Público , September 9, 2017, accessed July 22, 2020 (Portuguese).