Diogo Costa (sailor)

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Diogo Costa
Personal information
Full nameDiogo Eurico Vaz de Bacelar da Fonseca e Costa
NationalityFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Born (1997-08-23) 23 August 1997 (age 26)
Porto, Portugal
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Parents
  • Fernando Luís Lopes da Fonseca e Costa (father)
  • Maria Cecília de Sousa Carneiro Vaz de Bacelar (mother)
Sport
SportSailing

Diogo Eurico Vaz de Bacelar da Fonseca e Costa (born 23 August 1997) is a Portuguese sailor. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1]

Costa placed second in the 2021 470 World Championships with Pedro Costa, qualifying the pair for the 2020 Olympics. [2] He and Carolina João won a place to compete in the 2024 Olympics as did the ILCA 7 sailor Eduardo Marques and the kitefoiler Mafalda Pires de Lima. [3]

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References

  1. "Sailing: COSTA Diogo". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. Bruxo, Michael (18 March 2021). "Portuguese sailors qualify for Tokyo Olympics in Vilamoura". PortugalResident.com.
  3. "Mafalda Pires de Lima garante apuramento para Paris 2024 em kite feminino". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 July 2024.