Duarte Manuel de Almeida Bello (26 July 1921 – 3 June 1994) was a Portuguese sailor who competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics. He won a silver medal in the

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in 1948, together with his brother

Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello (1 September 1924 – 8 November 1995) was a Portuguese sailor. Together with his brother Duarte Manuel Bello he competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver medal in the Swallow class in 1948, ...

, and placed fourth in 1952 and 1956. Bello also raced

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class keelboats, winning silver medals at the 1953 and 1962

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, and a bronze in 1952. He was known as an equipment innovator who invented several devices, including automatic "Bello bailers" in 1954, and the circular boom-vang track at the early 1960s.

Early Childhood

Duarte was born in colonial

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to Duarte Mendes de Almeida Bello and Maria do Pilar Pinto Coelho on 26 July 1921. Through a clerical error, the M which should have been Mendes as per his father became Manuel. At 7 years of age his family moved back to Portugal, where he began sailing the Sharpie. In 1943, he married Maria Antonia Carneiro Bustorff Silva, daughter of one of Portugal's most prominent lawyers of the time, as well as a sailor. He was a Civil Engineer by education and worked in the national rail line Comboios de Portugal.

Olympic and World Championships

* 1947 Star World Championships – 10th place (with F. Bello) * 1948 Star World Championships – 5th place (with F. Bello) *

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– Swallow – Silver Medal (with F. Bello) * 1951 Star World Championships – 9th place (with F. Bello) * 1952 Star World Championships – Bronze (with F. Bello) *

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– 5.5 Metre – 4th (with F. Bello & Júlio Gourinho) * 1953 Star World Championships – Silver (with João Miguel Tito) *

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– 6th place (with J. Tito) * 1955 Star World Championships – 9th place (with J. Silva) * 1956 Star World Championships – 7th place (with J. Silva) *

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– 4th place (with Jose Bustorff Silva) * 1957 Star World Championships – 28th place (with M. Ricciardi) *

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– 12th place (with Oliveir) *

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– 5.5 Metre – 16th place (with Fernando Bello & J. Gourinho) * 1962 Star World Championships – Silver (with F. Bello) *

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– 27th place (with F. Bello) *

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– 8th place (with F. Bello) * 1965 Star World Championships – 19th place (with F. Bello) *

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– 31st place (with Manuel Espirito Santo) * 1973 Star World Championships – 26th place (with Duke Robinson) * 1974 Star World Championships – 18th place (with F. Bello) * 1983 Star World Championships – 65th place (with Rui Roque de Pinho) * 1986 Star World Championships – 70th place (with Fernando B. Bello)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bello, Duarte de Almeida 1921 births 1994 deaths Sportspeople from Maputo Portuguese male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Swallow Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Star Olympic sailors of Portugal Olympic silver medalists for Portugal Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics