Robert Scheidt is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final. He is one of the most successful sailors at Olympic Games and one of the most successful Brazilian Olympic athletes, being one of only two to earn five medals along with fellow sailor Torben Grael, and only behind the six medals of Rebeca Andrade. He is the only Brazilian sailor to win medals in both dinghy and keelboat classes.
Torben Schmidt Grael is one of the most well known Brazilian sailors, renowned in international competitions. A descendant of Danes, he was taken sailing by his grandfather at the age of five years on the sailboat Aileen, of the 6 Metre class, which was the boat used by the silver medal-winning 1912 Summer Olympics Danish sailing team. Once he moved to Niterói, he started sailing with his brother, Lars Grael, also an Olympic medal winner, on the Bay of Guanabara. Another brother, Axel Grael, is the current mayor of Niterói. He is father of Olympic champion Martine Grael and sailor Marco Grael.
Marco Torrès, born in Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria, was a French gymnast who competed in two Summer Olympic Games - the 1912 Summer Olympics, where he finished seventh in the individual all-around competition and in the 1920 Summer Olympics, where he placed 2nd in the all-around and helped his team to a bronze medal.
Luís Doreste Blanco is a Spanish sailor who won gold medal both in the 1984 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Ole Valdemar Henrik Berntsen was a Danish sailor. He competed in the dragon class at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1964 Olympics and placed third, fifth, second and first, respectively. His brothers Carl and William were also Olympic sailors. William competed alongside Ole in 1948 and 1952.
Mark Jeffrey Reynolds is an American Star class sailor and Olympic champion. He has sailed Stars since age four, training with his father James Reynolds who was the 1971 World Champion.
Portugal competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. It was the nation's twenty-second consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The Olympic Committee of Portugal was represented by a delegation of 129 people, of which 77 were competitors participating in 16 sports. Nelson Évora, the 2007 triple jump world champion, was chosen as the flag bearer during the opening ceremony; he won the triple jump event, giving Portugal its fourth ever Olympic gold medal.
José Luis Doreste Blanco is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class. In 1998–99, he was a crewmember on Fortuna Extra Lights in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
Jonathan Dunn McKee is an American sailor and Olympic Champion.
Anastasios "Tasos" Bountouris is a Greek sailor who competed at six Olympics between 1976 and 1996. He is the first Greek to compete at six Olympic Games, an achievement so far matched by shooter Agathi Kassoumi and archer Evangelia Psarra.
Colin Kenneth Beashel is an Australian sailor who crewed on the winning America's Cup team Australia II in 1983 and competed at six Olympics between 1984 and 2004, winning bronze in 1996. He became, jointly with Brazilian Torben Grael, the eighth sailor to compete at six Olympics. He helmed Australia Challenge at the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup.
Marco D'Altrui is an Italian water polo player. He competed at the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics. His father Giuseppe was a member of the Italian water polo team which won the gold medal in 1960.
Reinaldo Conrad is a Brazilian sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Flying Dutchman Class at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
John Waldrip Kolius is an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the Soling class with Walter Glasgow and Richard Hoepfner at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In 1987 and 2000 he competed at the Louis Vuitton Cup. Kolius began sailing at the age of 5 when his father introduced the family to sailing as a way to spend time together. John's first boat was a Sunfish and he grew up sailing at the Houston Yacht Club through the Ragnot program. In 1968, John won his first major championship, the US Sailing Triplehanded Championship for the Sears Cup. He was 17 years old. Two years later at the age of 19, Kolius won the US Sailing Senior Championship for the Mallory Trophy. It was not too long after that he began sailing Solings and preparing for the Olympics. In 1975, John won the Soling North Americans and in 1976 an Olympic silver medal. In 2023, he was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame
Xavier Charles René Rohart is a French sailor. A member of the YC La Pelle in Marseille, he is now competing in the Star class. He won a bronze medal in the Star class with Pascal Rambeau at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has also competed at four other Olympics. Born in Thionville, he is a two-time world champion and is a founder of the Star Sailors League. He now sails with Pierre-Alexis Ponsot.
Deniz Çınar is a Turkish yacht racer competing in the 470 class. The 1.73 m tall athlete at 65 kg (143 lb) is a member of Galatasaray Sport Club, where he is coached by Edo Fantela. His brother Ateş is also a national sailor. He studied at Dokuz Eylül University.
Gastão d'Avila Melo Brun is a Brazilian Olympic sailor in the Soling class in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1976, he finished 10th together with his brother Vicente Brun and Andreas Wengert, and in 1980 he finished 6th together with his brother and Roberto Luiz Souza. He has also won two Soling World Championship and sailed in the Star World Championship.
Walter Pirinoli is an Italian former yacht racer. After few French national titles in Moth Europe and 470, he started with his brother Marco Pirinoli a new carrier on the Olympic catamaran (Tornado) for Italy. In 1991, they finished 3rd at the European championship and 2nd at the World championship. They were part of the Italian team at the Olympics in 1992. In 1995, they will get the ticket for the Olympics just in front of their best enemy, Zuccoli-Glisoni. The same year they won the pre-olympic regatta in Savannah and 15 days after the World Championship in Kingston. In 1996, they received a prestigious honorific medal from the hands of the Italian president.
Juan Manuel Alonso-Allende Allende was a Spanish Olympic sailor that competed in three Olympic Games between 1948 and 1968. Alonso-Allende also was a world-class competitor in the Snipe, Star, Firefly and Flying Dutchman classes.
Christopher John "Chris" Nicholson is an Australian sailor who has competed in multiple Summer Olympics and Volvo Ocean Races and has won six World championships.
