Fernando Lima Bello (27 November 1931 – 3 June 2021) was Portugal's only member of the

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since 1989, when he ended his term at the presidency of the

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. Bello was born in Lisbon. He was a

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alumnus of the

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, the director of a road construction company, a member of the Registration Committee for Public Works Contractors, Director of the Regional Association of Contractors and Constructors and Director of the Construction Department, Ministry of Employment. Lima Bello died in

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, on 3 June 2021.

Sailing

In 1953, he won, as a crew of Antonio José Conde Martins, the Snipe class world championship, and won a silver medal at the Star European Championship. He was Portuguese national champion in Star,

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and Sharpie 12 m2.

Olympic Games

He participated in the Olympic Games in Acapulco 1968 and

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in Dragon.

Sports administrator

He was chairman of the Portuguese Sailing Federation and its technical committee; sailing inspector for the Portuguese Youth Organization; member of the

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(ISAF); chairman of the Jury of the World Sailing Championships (Finn, 420, Cadet); member of the NOC (1975-), of its executive board (1977–1980) then chairman (1981–1989); during his tenure the Olympic Academy of Portugal was founded; chef de mission at the Games of the XXII Olympiad in Moscow in 1980; member of the Higher Sports Council and of the Sports Council for High Level Competition.

IOC

Member of the IOC from 1989 to 2010; honorary member since 2010; member of the following commissions: Cultural (1985–1999), International Olympic Academy and Olympic Education (1990–1999), Eligibility (1992–1993), Evaluation for the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in 2004 (1996), Culture and Olympic Education (2000-); commissioner of the IOC at the Universal Exhibition in Lisbon (1998).

Awards and distinctions

Olympic Order (2009); Portugal Sports Merit collar; Order Infante D. Henrique, Portugal

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bello, Fernando Lima 1931 births 2021 deaths International Olympic Committee members Portuguese male sailors (sport) Recipients of the Olympic Order Olympic sailors of Portugal Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Dragon Snipe class world champions Sportspeople from Lisbon World champions in sailing for Portugal