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Leading up to the Worlds, Gustavo had focused on the European circuit, with his best result at a Grade 1 event being his tenth at SPA Regatta.
27th - Laser World Championship, September 2002 - Grade W
4th - IX Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week, April 2003 - Grade 2
23rd - Semaine Olympique Francaise, May 2003 - Grade 1
10th - SPA Regatta, May 2003 - Grade 1
11th - Kieler Woche, June 2003 - Grade 1
1st - Matosinhos Sailing Cup, July 2003 - Grade 3
6th - Athens Regatta, August 2003 - Ungraded
13th - Laser European Championship, August 2003 - Grade 1
1st - 2003 ISAF World Championship - Laser, September 2003 - Grade W
ISAF World Sailing Ranking - Single-Handed Dinghy Open - Laser (1 October 2003) = 10
Name | Gustavo Lima |
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Date of Birth | 28337 |
Place of Birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Profession | Sailor |
ISAF Sailor ID | PORGL1 |
Age started sailing | 9 |
First boat sailed | Optimist |
Age started racing | 10 |
First boat raced | Optimist |
What inspired you to take up sailing? | Freedom |
How did you buy your first boat? | With my father's money |
Which was your first sailing club? | Club Naval de Cascais |
First Event competed in and Year | Trofeo Patrao Lopes in 1987 |
First Event won and Year | Torneio Cenovra in 1988 |
Principle achievements | 5th at the Optimist Worlds 1991 |
Principle achievements | Bronze medal at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 1998 |
Principle achievements | Laser Radial European Champion 1994 |
Principle achievements | Laser Radial World Champion 1998 |
Principle achievements | 6th Olympics 2000 |
Principle achievements | 2nd Laser World Championship 2001 |
Principle achievements | Laser World Champion 2003 |
Principle achievements | 4th Europeans 2002 |
What are your future sailing aspirations? | To win an Olympic medal in Athens 2004 and be World Champion in 2004 |
Briefly state what sailing means to you | To me sailing means everything |
Who has had the greatest impact or inspiration in your sailing career and why? | My family, my friends, my new coach Xavi - because without them all my results were impossible to achieve. |
Who do you consider to be your sailing hero? | Robert SCHEIDT (BRA) |
What other sports do you participate in outside of sailing? | Windsurfing, karting and soccer |
Who do you consider to be the greatest sailor in the World and why? | Torben GRAEL (BRA) he has the biggest feeling |
Briefly state what being nominated for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award 2003 means to you | It's a great moment of my career, being recognised by ISAF and international members has given me one of the happiest moments of my life |
If voted as the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2003, briefly say what will this mean to you? | For sure it must be a feeling that I may be cannot express, because I have never won that prize. |