The Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games was the organizing committee for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brazil. It was also known as the Rio 2016 Organising Committee or simply Rio 2016.
Iain Valjean Jensen is an Australian sailor.
Jorge João Zarif is a Brazilian sailor, competing in the Finn class. Son of Brazilian Olympic sailor Jorge Zarif Neto, after finishing 20th at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Zarif was world champion in both junior and senior levels, winning gold at the 2013 Youth Championship in Cyprus and the 2013 Finn Gold Cup in Estonia. His second Olympic appearance in 2016 had Zarif improve handily, with a fourth place finish. He returned for his third Olympic appearance at the 2020 Summer Olympics, earning 14th place.
Berit Lisa Matilda Ericson, known as Lisa Ericson, is a Swedish sports sailor. She competed in the Women's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 49er FX event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 8–18 August at Marina da Gloria in Guanabara Bay. The sailing classes had two changes from the 2012 Summer Olympics events. There were 10 events.
Martine Soffiatti Grael is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class. Together with Kahena Kunze she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Kahena Kunze is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class. Together with Martine Grael she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and a gold medal in the inaugural 49er FX race, during the 2016 Rio Olympics, a feat both repeated at Tokyo 2020.
Erik Heil is a German sailor. He competes in the 49er and won a place in the Qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics together with Thomas Plößel. They won bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Thomas Plößel is a German sailor. Together with Erik Heil, he won bronze medals in the 49er events at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Paixão Fernando Afonso is an Angolan racing sailor. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's 470 with Matias Montinho. They finished in 26th place. He qualified to represent Angola at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 470 with Matias Montinho again.
María Celia "Celi" Tejerina Mackern is an Argentine sailor. She placed 21st in the women's RS:X event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Henrique Duarte Haddad is a Brazilian sailor. He and Bruno Bethlem placed 23rd in the men's 470 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Aude Compan is a French sailor. She and Sarah Steyaert placed 6th in the 49er FX event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Victoria "Vicky" Travascio is an Argentine sailor. She and María Sol Branz won a gold medal in the women's 49erFX event at the 2015 Pan American Games, and bronze in the 2019 edition.
María Sol Branz, known as Sol Branz, is an Argentine sailor. She and Victoria Travascio won a gold medal in the women's 49erFX event at the 2015 Pan American Games, and bronze in the 2019 edition.
Gabriel Portilho Borges is a Brazilian sailor. He and Marco Grael placed 11th in the 49er event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Lucien Cujean is a Swiss sailor. He and Sébastien Schneiter placed 13th in the 49er event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 14th in the 49er event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
José Luís Anica Costa is a Portuguese sailor. He and Jorge Lima placed 16th in the 49er event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Brazil, the previous host of the 2016 Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's twenty-third appearance at the Summer Olympics, having competed in all editions of the modern era from 1920 onwards, except the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Stephanie Roble is an American sailor who is a Pan American Games medalist and a multi-medalist in the World Championships. She was named 2014 US Sailing Rolex Yachtswoman of Year.
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