Alexandre "Alex" Welter (born 30 June 1953) is a Brazilian

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the ''Tornado Class'' at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, alongside Lars Sigurd Bjorkstrom.

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* * * * 1953 births Living people Brazilian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Brazil Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Tornado Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Brazilian people of German descent {{Brazil-Olympic-medalist-stub