Edson de Araújo Jr. (born 14 July 1969) is a sailor from

Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the South Region, Brazil, South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as we ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. who represented his country 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, ...

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as crew member in the

Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Olympics until the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics as "Sa ...

. With helmsman Daniel Glomb and fellow crew member

Marcelo Reitz Marcelo Reitz (born 21 December 1963) is a sailor from Florianópolis, Brazil. who represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah, United States as crew member in the Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds ...

they took the 21st place.

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Living people 1969 births Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors for Brazil Sportspeople from Florianópolis Brazilian male sailors (sport) 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-yachtracing-bio-stub