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Frederico Melo
Personal information
Full nameFrederico Ricciardi Pinheiro
de Melo
Nationality Portugal
Born (1987-07-13) 13 July 1987 (age 37)
Azusa, California, United States
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy, keelboat
ClubClube Naval de Cascais[1]
CoachAndy Zawieja[1]

Frederico Ricciardi Pinheiro de Melo (born 13 July 1987 in Azusa, California, United States) is a Portuguese sailor, who specializes in heavyweight one-person dinghy (Finn) and two-person keelboat (Star) classes.[1][2] He represented his nation Portugal, along with his partner and three-time Olympian Afonso Domingos, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has trained throughout his sailing career with Cascais Naval Club (Portuguese: Clube Naval de Cascais) in his current residence Cascais, under his personal coach Andy Zawieja.[1][3] Born and raised in the United States, Melo also held a dual citizenship to compete internationally for his parents' homeland in sailing. As of June 2015, Melo was ranked twentieth in the world for the heavyweight one-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation.

Melo qualified for the Portuguese sailing team in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, securing a berth by placing thirteenth at the 2011 ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[4][5] He and his skipper Domingos struggled to mount a challenge against a field of fifteen other boats throughout the ten-race series, ending them in the penultimate position out of sixteen with a net grade of 108.[6][7]

In 2017-18 he was a crewmember on the boat Turn the Tide on Plastic in the Volvo Ocean Race.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Frederico Melo". London 2012 Olympic Games. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Frederico Melo". 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Afonso Domingos/Frederico Melo: "Adversários são campeões e medalhados"" [Afonso Domingos/Frederico Melo: "Our opponents are champions and medalists"] (in Portuguese). Portugal: Record. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Quotas Olímpicas do Tiro e Vela atribuídas" [Olympic quotas have already distributed in sailing and shooting] (in Portuguese). Olympic Committee of Portugal. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  5. ^ Mendes, Rui (15 December 2011). "Portugal garante qualificação para Londres2012 na classe Star" [Portugal ensures a qualified spot in the Star class for London 2012] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Men's Star". London 2012 Olympic Games. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Londres 2012: Domingos/Melo fecham classe de star no 15.º lugar" [London 2012: Domingos/Melo finished fifteenth in the Star class] (in Portuguese). Lux.pt. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Archive Volvo Ocean Race". Retrieved 16 March 2019.


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