Jorge Lima

Jorge Lima
Personal information
Full name Jorge Manuel Roxo Martins
de Lima
Nationality  Portugal
Born (1981-01-29) 29 January 1981
Cascais, Portugal
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Skiff
Club Clube Naval de Cascais
Coach Pedro Pinto

Jorge Manuel Roxo Martins de Lima (born January 29, 1981 in Cascais) is a Portugal sailor, who specialized in men's skiff (49er) class.[1] He represented Portugal, along with his partner Francisco Andrade, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has also been training for Cascais Naval Club (Portuguese: Clube Naval de Cascais) throughout most of his sporting career under his personal coach Pedro Pinto.[2] As of September 2014, Lima is ranked twenty-fourth in the world for the men's skiff class by the International Sailing Federation, following his successes at the European Championships, and 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain.[3]

Lima qualified as a skipper for the Portuguese squad in the 49er class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by placing twelfth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.[4][5] Teaming with crew member Francisco Andrade in the opening series, the Portuguese duo recorded a net score of 100 points to establish an eleventh-place finish in a fleet of nineteen boats, narrowly missing a spot for the medal race by France's Emmanuel Dyen and Yann Rocherieux by a single grade.[6][7]

At the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain, Lima and his new partner José Costa set their best career record with a fabulous, fifth-place finish in the men's 49er class to secure a spot on the Portuguese sailing team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Jorge Lima". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jorge Lima e José Costa qualificam Portugal para os Jogos Olímpicos" [Jorge Lima and José Costa Portugal qualify for Olympics] (in Portuguese). Desporte Na Linha. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Early Titles Claimed In 49er And Nacra 17 At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jorge Lima/Francisco Andrade: Entrar no top 10" [Jorge Lima/Francisco Andrade: Enters the top 10] (in Portuguese). Record. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "18 Portuguese athletes qualify for Beijing 2008". People's Daily. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Men's 49er". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Pequim2008: Vela - O amargo ponto de Gustavo Lima (Balanço)" [Beijing 2008: Gustavo Lima reaches the boiling point in sailing] (in Portuguese). Expresso. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Jorge Lima/José Costa no quinto lugar" [Jorge Lima/José Costa placed fifth] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

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