Eduardo Couto

Eduardo Couto (born 18 March 1985) is a Brazilian former sailor, who specialized in the Laser Radial and Finn classes.[1] He won a gold medal in the Laser Radial boat at the class-associated 2005 Worlds in Fortaleza, before switching to a heavyweight division on his only Olympic trip to Beijing 2008.[2] Couto is a member of the Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club (Portuguese: Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro).[3]

Eduardo Couto
Personal information
Nationality Brazil
Born (1985-03-18) 18 March 1985
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
ClubIate Clube do Rio de Janeiro
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing Brazil
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Fortaleza Laser Radial

Couto competed for the Brazilian sailing squad in the Finn class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Nearly six months earlier, he was selected over the teenager Jorge Zarif to lock the country's top Finn berth for the Games, based on his aggregate scores in a lineup of international regattas approved by the Brazilian Sailing Confederation.[4] Couto enjoyed the series comfortably with a blistering runner-up finish and a couple of top ten marks attained in the initial half (first to fifth legs). A false-start penalty in the eighth race and an unforeseen cancellation due to lack of wind, however, faded Couto's chances to enter the final round, landing him to thirteenth overall with 89 net points.[5][6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eduardo Couto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. "Railey Caps Incredible Year With Worlds Victory". World Sailing. 10 December 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. "Adversário já tem vaga com outro barco" [Another boat has already had a space] (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. "Vela: Eduardo Couto garante vaga em Pequim" [Sailing: Eduardo Couto secures the spot for Beijing] (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. "Beijing 2008: Mixed Finn Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  6. "Ben Ainslie ganha o ouro e brasileiro fica em 13.º na classe finn" [Ben Ainslie wins gold, the Brazilian finished thirteenth in the Finn class] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2020.


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