Bruno Amorim (sailor)

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Bruno Amorim
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January 2007
Personal information
Full nameBruno Bethlem de Amorim
NationalityFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Born (1975-10-22) 22 October 1975 (age 50)
Sport
Sailing career
Class(es) 470, Snipe
ClubBurgee of Iate Clube Rio Janeiro.svg Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro
Medal record
Sailing
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo Snipe
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Buenos Aires Snipe
South American Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000 Rio de JaneiroSnipe
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Porto AlegreSnipe
Snipe World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 San Diego Snipe
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Rungsted Snipe
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Rio de Janeiro Snipe

Bruno Bethlem de Amorim (born 22 October 1975 in Rio de Janeiro), also known as "Bebum", is a Brazilian sailor gold medalist in the Pan American Games, the South American Games, and the Snipe World Championships. [1]

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He started sailing Optimist at the age of eleven, [2] moving to Europe, 470 and Snipe later on his career. His biggest accomplishments have come in the Snipe class, where he has won the Brazilian National Championship ten times (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2024), [3] twice the South American Championship (2000 and 2018), the Pan American Games (2003) and the South American Games (2006), and twice the World Championships (2009 and 2013), where he also won the bronze medal in 2011.

Pan American Games

South American Games

World Championships

Olympic Games

He and Henrique Haddad placed 23rd in the men's 470 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [4] [5] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [6]

References

  1. "Bruno Bethlem de Amorim". AHE Brasil. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. "Sailor Biography". members.sailing.org. Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
  3. "Brasileiro de Snipe 2013". SCIRA Brasil. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. "Bruno Bethlem". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  5. "470 Men - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  6. "Sailing BETHLEN Bruno - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-08-23.