Carolina Souza Mendelblatt (

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Borges, born 25 May 1979 in

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) is a Brazilian-born Portuguese windsurfer, who specialized in

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and Neil Pryde RS:X classes. She graduated with a BA (Hons)at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication and worked as a broadcaster in London, U.K. She represented

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at the

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, and had been training with the Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club ( pt, Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro) for most of her career before joining the Portuguese squad in 2012. As of September 2013, Mendelblatt is ranked no. 91 in the world for the sailboard class by the

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. Mendelblatt made her official debut as a member of the Brazilian squad at the

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, where she placed twenty-fifth in women's Mistral sailboard with an accumulated net score of 229, edging out Puerto Rico's Karla Barrera by a vast, 31-point gap. Eight years after competing in her last Olympics, Mendelblatt joined the Portuguese squad to compete for the second time in the RS:X class at the

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by receiving a berth from the

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in Cadiz, Spain. Mendelblatt withdrew from the Games before the event had officially started, claiming that she lacked the support of the Portuguese mission and that she was three months pregnant. Mendelblatt is married to Star sailor and two-time U.S. Olympian

Mark Mendelblatt Mark Mendelblatt (born February 19, 1973) is an American yachtsman. Married to windsurfer Carolina Mendelblatt (née Borges), he primarily sails the Laser Radial, a one-design class of small ( long, and ) single-handed sailing dinghy. Beginni ...

(2004 and 2012), and the couple currently resides in

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