Marcelo Ferreira
Marcelo Ferreira medal table |
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Marcelo Ferreira (2006) |
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Brazil | ||
Olympic games | ||
gold | Atlanta 1996 | star |
bronze | Sydney 2000 | star |
gold | Athens 2004 | star |
World championships | ||
gold | Cleveland 1990 | star |
silver | Cannes 1991 | star |
bronze | San Diego 1994 | star |
silver | Laredo 1995 | star |
bronze | Rio de Janeiro 1996 | star |
gold | Marblehead 1997 | star |
silver | Portorož 1998 | star |
silver | Marina del Rey 2002 | star |
silver | Buenos Aires 2005 | star |
bronze | Rio de Janeiro 2010 | star |
Marcelo Bastos Ferreira (born September 26, 1965 in Niterói ) is a former Brazilian sailor .
successes
Marcelo Ferreira took part in four Olympic Games with Torben Grael in the Star boat class . The two first occupied in 1992 in Barcelona , first to eleventh place before four years on the regatta in Atlanta finished in first place. With 25 points, they became Olympic champions ahead of the Swedish and Australian boats . At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 , they managed to jump into the medal ranks again with third place. Also in 2004 in Athens were successful Ferreira and Grael: before the final eleventh race they stood as Olympic champion firm and won the regatta with 42 total points.
At world championships Ferreira won a total of ten medals between 1990 and 2010, nine of them with Torben Grael. In 1990 they became world champions together in Cleveland , and they also secured five silver and three bronze medals. In 1997 he competed with Alexander Hagen and became world champion in Marblehead with him . In 1989, 1991 and 2003 he won the title at the open European championships with Torben Grael.
In the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006 he was a crew member of the Brasil 1 team , which finished third.
Web links
- Marcelo Ferreira in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Marcelo Ferreira in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ferreira, Marcelo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bastos Ferreira, Marcelo (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian sailor |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Niterói , Brazil |