Joaquim Fiúza
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Full name | Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Portuguese | ||||||||||||||
Born | São Domingos de Benfica, Portugal | 8 February 1908||||||||||||||
Died | 4 March 2010 Lisbon, Portugal | (aged 102)||||||||||||||
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Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza (February 8, 1908 – March 4, 2010) was a Portuguese sailor who competed in three Olympic games in 1936, 1948 and 1952. He was born in São Domingos de Benfica. At the Berlin Games he was placed 10th in the men's Star class sailing competition, alongside António Guedes de Herédia. In London he improved his performance to 6th in the same event, alongside Júlio de Sousa Leite Gourinho. In Helsinki, he won the bronze medal in the event alongside Francisco de Andrade. In 2008 he turned 100 and was recognized as Portugal's oldest living former Olympian.[1]
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- ^ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (June 2016). "Joaquim Fiúza Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
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- 1908 births
- 2010 deaths
- Portuguese centenarians
- Portuguese male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors of Portugal
- Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Star
- Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Star
- Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Star
- Olympic bronze medalists for Portugal
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Sportspeople from Lisbon
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Portuguese Olympic medalist stubs
- Portuguese yacht racing biography stubs