Robert Scheidt

Robert Scheidt
Robert Scheidt, 2015
Nationality:	Brazil
Birthday:	April 15, 1973
Place of birth:	São Paulo , Brazil
Size:	1.88 cm
Weight:	76 kg
Society:	YLSA São Paulo, Brazil
Boat classes:	Laser , star boat
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × 2 × 1 × World championships 12 × 3 × 2 ×
Olympic games gold Atlanta 1996 laser gold Athens 2004 laser silver Sydney 2000 laser silver Beijing 2008 Star boat bronze London 2012 Star boat  Sailing world championships bronze Takapuna 1993 laser gold Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1995 laser gold Simon's Town 1996 laser gold Algarrobo 1997 laser silver Melbourne 1999 laser gold Cancun 2000 laser gold Cork 2001 laser gold Hyannis 2002 laser silver Cadiz 2003 laser gold Bitez 2004 laser gold Fortaleza 2005 laser silver San Francisco 2006 Star boat gold Cascais 2007 Star boat bronze Miami 2008 Star boat gold Fortaleza 2011 Star boat gold Fortaleza 2012 Star boat gold Al Musannah 2013 laser

Robert Scheidt (born April 15, 1973 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian sailor .

Robert Scheidt began sailing in the Optimist at the age of nine . As a teenager he switched to the Olympic one-hand laser class , in which he was eight times world champion and won two Olympic gold and one silver. In 2001 and 2004 he was voted "World Sailor of the Year". Scheidt has been sailing in the Olympic star boat class since 2006 and has also established himself among the world's best.

At the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , he spoke the Olympic oath as an athlete representative .

Greatest successes

• Olympic gold medal - 1996 and 2004
• Olympic silver medal - 2000 and 2008
• Olympic bronze medal - 2012
• Winner of the Kiel Week - 1999, 2000, 2004
• 9 laser world championship titles - 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2013
• multiple front runners of the ISAF world rankings ( ISAF World Sailing Rankings )
• Star boat world champion 2007 and 2011 together with Bruno Prada

Web links

• Website of Robert Scheidt (English)
• ISAF Biography (English)
• Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports: Robert Scheidt , (English)