Jorge Manuel Roxo Martins de Lima (born 29 January 1981) is a Portuguese

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who specialized in Soozie ( 49er). He represented

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, along with his partner

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, at the

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and

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Summer Olympics. He has trained for Cascais Naval Club ( pt, Clube Naval de Cascais) throughout most of his sporting career under his personal coach Pedro Pinto. As of September 2014, Lima is ranked twenty-fourth in the world for the men's skiff class by the

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, following his successes at the European Championships, and

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. Lima qualified as a skipper for the Portuguese squad in the 49er class at the

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by placing twelfth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in

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. Teaming with crew member

in the opening series, the Portuguese duo recorded a net score of 100 points to establish an eleventh-place finish in a fleet of nineteen boats, narrowly missing a spot for the medal race by France's

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and Yann Rocherieux by a single grade. At the

, Lima and his new partner José Costa set their best career record with a fifth-place finish in the men's 49er class to secure a spot on the Portuguese sailing team for the

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* * * * 1981 births Living people Portuguese male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Portugal Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er Sportspeople from Cascais {{Portugal-yachtracing-bio-stub