Alexandre Dias Paradeda (born 24 November 1972 in

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), also known as Xandi or Careca, is a Brazilian

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who competed in the

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, the

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, the

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, the Snipe World Championships and the

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. Paradeda first major success came in 1987, when he won the Brazilian National Championship of the

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. In 1992, he won again a national championship, this time the Brazilian National Championship of the Snipe class, and also the

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crewing for his father Marco Aurélio Paradeda, earning a spot for the

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, where he finished 4th. In 1995, he won again the Snipe Brazilian National Championship (repeating top place in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019) and the Snipe South American Championship, already as a skipper (which he won again in 2009 and 2014). In 1997, he entered

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competition at the

in Tel Aviv, where he finished 10th. Next year, in 1998, at Mallorca, he took 16th place. In 1999, back on the Snipe class, he earned a silver medal at the

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, and in 2000 he went back to the 470 class competing at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, where he placed 26th. His biggest success came in 2001, when he won the Snipe Worlds. Back to the 470 class, he competed in the World Championships in Cagliari 2002, Cádiz 2003 and Zadar 2004. In 2004, he was 8th at the Athens Summer Olympics. Again in the Snipe class, he became Western Hemisphere & Orient champion in 2004, won the gold medal at the

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and took 6th place in 2015. He finished second in 2011 and third in 2013 at the Snipe Worlds. In 2014, he won the gold medal at the

Olympic Games

* 26th place in 470 at Sydney 2000 * 8h place in 470 at

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Pan American Games

* 4th place in Snipe at Mar del Plata 1995 * 2nd place in Snipe at Winnipeg 1999 * 1st place in Snipe at Rio de Janeiro 2007 * 6th place in Snipe at

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paradeda, Alexandre Living people 1972 births Brazilian male sailors (sport) Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Olympic sailors for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in sailing Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Sailors at the 1999 Pan American Games Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2007 Pan American Games Sailors at the 2015 Pan American Games Snipe class world champions Soling class sailors South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in sailing World champions in sailing for Brazil Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Porto Alegre