Mário Quina
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| Full name | Mário Gentil Quina | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Portuguese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1930 Estoril, Cascais, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 September 2017 (aged 87)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Mário Gentil Quina, GOIH (1 January 1930 – 8 September 2017) was a Portuguese sailor. He competed at the 1952, 1960, 1968 and 1972 Olympics,[2] and served as the Olympic flag bearer for Portugal in 1960. In 1952 he finished 17th in one-person dingy. In 1960 he won a silver medal in the star class, together with his brother José Manuel Quina; the brothers placed 17th at the 1968 Games. In 1972 he took part in the three-person keelboat event, together with his another brother Francisco Quina and finished 21st.[3]
Quina mostly competed in the star class (doubles) and participated in seven world championships between 1953 and 1967. He won a bronze medal in this category at the 1965 European Championships.
Awards[edit]
- Olympic Medal Nobre Guedes (1960)
Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Mário Quina's obituary (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Mário Quina". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mario Quina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
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- ^ "Nelson Évora condecorado por Cavaco Silva" [Nelson Évora decorated by Cavaco Silva] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
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- 1930 births
- 2017 deaths
- Sportspeople from Lisbon
- Portuguese male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Finn
- Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Star
- Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Star
- Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Olympic sailors for Portugal
- Olympic silver medalists for Portugal
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Portuguese Olympic medalist stubs
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