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Gastão Brun
Gastão d'Avila Melo Brun (born October 13, 1944) is a Brazilian Olympic sailor in the Soling class in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1976, he finished 10th together with his brother Vicente Brun and Andreas Wengert, and in 1980 he finished 6th together with his brother and Roberto Luiz Souza. He has also won two Soling World Championship and sailed in the Star World Championship. References Living people 1944 births Brazilian male sailors (sport) Brazilian people of German descent Olympic sailors for Brazil Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Soling Soling class sailors Star class sailors Soling class world champions 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-yachtracing-bio-stub ...
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Vicente Brun
Vicente "Vince" d'Avila Melo Brun (born April 14, 1947) is a Brazilian-American Olympic sailor and sail maker that competed in the Soling class at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics. 1976, he finished 10th together with his brother Gastão Brun and Andreas Wengert, and in 1980 he finished 6th together with his brother and Roberto Luiz Souza. He also won three Soling World Championship (1978, 1981, 1983) and the 1986 Star World Championship and participated in the Stars & Stripes America's Cup The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known ... campaign. Brun moved to the United States in 1975. Brun was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2018. References 1947 births Living people Brazilian male sailors (sport) Brazilian people of German descent Soli ...
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Andreas Wengert
Andreas Wengert (born 20 November 1944) is a sailor from Brazil, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario, Canada as crew member in the Soling. With helmsman Gastão Brun and fellow crew member Vicente Brun Vicente "Vince" d'Avila Melo Brun (born April 14, 1947) is a Brazilian-American Olympic sailor and sail maker that competed in the Soling class at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics. 1976, he finished 10th together with his brother Gastão Brun an ..., they took the 10th place. Sources * Living people 1944 births Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors for Brazil Brazilian male sailors (sport) 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-yachtracing-bio-stub ...
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Roberto Luiz Souza
Roberto Luiz Souza (born September 7, 1951) is a Brazilian former Olympic sailor in the Soling and Star classes. He competed in Soling in the 1980 Summer Olympics together with Gastão Brun and Vicente Brun, where they finished 6th, and in Star in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ... together with Eduardo de Souza, where they finished 12th. References Living people 1951 births Olympic sailors for Brazil Brazilian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Star Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-yachtracing-bio-stub ...
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Soling World Championship
The Soling World Championship is an International sailing regatta in the Soling organized by the host club on behalf of the International Soling Association and recognised by World Sailing. The first Soling World Championship were held in Copenhagen in 1969, the year after the selection as Olympic Three-Men Keelboat for the 1972 Summer Olympics. The Soling was an Olympic class from 1972 to 2000. Editions Medalists Multiple World Champions (1) This is the number of entries into the world championships including the masters made by the sailor. It is an under estimations as full results for all years are not known. See also * Soling Masters World Championship The Soling Masters World Championship is an International sailing (sport), sailing regatta in the Soling organized by the host club on behalf of the International Soling Association and recognised by World Sailing. The Soling used for the Olympic ... * Soling World Championship ** Soling World Championship results (1 ...
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Star World Championship
The Star World Championship are international sailing regattas in the Star class organized by the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association and sanctioned by World Sailing. American sailor Lowell North has won the most titles, with five titles between 1945 and 1973 and another seven podiums. Brazilian crew Bruno Prada won also five titles between 2007 and 2019. The most crowned skipper-crew combinations are Italian duo Agostino Straulino and Nicolò Rode and Brazilian duo Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada, with three titles each. Bill Buchan Jr. has three titles, but with different crew. American sailors have won the most championships, 55 editions, followed by Brazilian sailors, with seven titles, and sailors of Italy with six titles and Germany with five. Several winners have family relations with each other, e.g. two-time winner Mark Reynolds and 1971 winning crew James Reynolds, 1992 champion Carl Buchan and three-time winner Bill Buchan Jr., 1969 winner Pel ...
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Living People
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1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * Janua ...
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Brazilian Male Sailors (sport)
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Olympic Sailors For Brazil
Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece between 776 BC and 393 AD * Olympic (greyhounds), a competition held annually at Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium Clubs and teams * Adelaide Olympic FC, a soccer club from Adelaide, South Australia * Fribourg Olympic, a professional basketball club based in Fribourg, Switzerland * Sydney Olympic FC, an Australian soccer club * Olympic Club (Barbacena), a Brazilian football club based in Barbacena, Minas Gerais state * Olympic Mvolyé, a Cameroonian football club based in Mvolyé * Olympic Club (Egypt), a football and sports club based in Alexandria * Blackburn Olympic F.C., an English football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire * Rushall Olympic F.C., an English football club based in Rushall * FC Olympic Tallinn, an Estonia ...
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Sailors At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling
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. While the term ''sailor'' has its etymological roots from sailing, that is a time when sailing ships were the main mode of transport at sea, it now refers to the personnel of all watercraft regardless of the type of vessel, boat or ship. It encompasses people who operate ships professionally, be it for a military (navy) or civilian (merchant navy) or for Sailing (sport), sports or recreation. In a navy, there may be further distinctions: ''sailor'' may refer to any member of the navy even if they are based on land, while Seaman (rank), ''seaman'' may refer to a specific enlisted rank. Additionally, fisherman are seen as a distinct type of sailor, that is those engaged in fishing. Sailors have existed from the earliest periods in history as people as people used b ...
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