Results
Legend:DNC – Did not come to the starting area;DNF – Did not finish;DNS – Did not start;DSQ – Disqualified;PMS – Premature start;RET – Retired;YMP – Yacht materially prejudiced;
The 1996 Star World Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between January 9 and 21, 1996. The hosting yacht club was Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro.
Legend:DNC – Did not come to the starting area;DNF – Did not finish;DNS – Did not start;DSQ – Disqualified;PMS – Premature start;RET – Retired;YMP – Yacht materially prejudiced;
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, and the second most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.
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The Netherlands competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in equestrian team dressage. In September 2015, a representative from the country attended the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Chef de Mission seminar as part of the country's preparation efforts for the 2016 Games.
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