Frederico Melo

Frederico Melo
Personal information
Full name Frederico Ricciardi Pinheiro
de Melo
Nationality  Portugal
Born (1987-07-13) 13 July 1987
Azusa, California, United States
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Dinghy, keelboat
Club Clube Naval de Cascais[1]
Coach Andy Zawija[1]

Frederico Ricciardi Pinheiro de Melo (born July 13, 1987 in Azusa, California, United States) is a Portuguese sailor, who specialized 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 been training throughout his sailing career for Cascais Naval Club (Portuguese: Clube Naval de Cascais) in his current residence Cascais, under his personal coach Andy Zawija.[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 is 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 by having secured a berth and placing thirteenth from the 2011 ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[4][5] He and his skipper Domingos struggled to mount their spiritual challenge against a field of fifteen other boats throughout the ten-race series, ending them abruptly in the penultimate position out of sixteen with a net grade of 108.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Frederico Melo". London 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Frederico Melo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 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. 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. 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.

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