Marcelo Bastos Ferreria (born 26 September 1965) 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 received a gold medal in the ''Star Class'' at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

with

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. He received a bronze medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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, and won a gold medal at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. Ferreira is World champion from 1990 and 1997, and seven times Brazilian champion (1989, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003). In 2005-06, he was a crewmember on Brasil 1 in the Volvo Ocean Race.

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* * * 1965 births Living people Brazilian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Brazil Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Star Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Star class world champions Volvo Ocean Race sailors World champions in sailing for Brazil Sportspeople from Niterói {{Brazil-Olympic-medalist-stub