Mauricio Oliveira
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo J/24 class
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro J/24 class
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara J/24 class

Mauricio Santa Cruz Oliveira (born 17 October 1974 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian sailor who competed in the Summer Olympic Games, the Pan American Games, the Snipe World Championships and the J/24 World Championships.[1]

His first success came in 1992, finishing 3rd at the Snipe Junior World Championships in Motala (Sweden) with his crew Gustavo de Arruda.[2] Only four years later, in 1996, he became Western Hemisphere & Orient champion and the following year World Champion in San Diego, sailing with Eduardo Neves. He then changed to a multihull class, the Tornado, and attended two Olympic games, in 2000 with Henrique Pellicano, and in 2004 with Joao Carlos Jordao.[3] Afterwards, he moved to the J/24 class, winning a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, a gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games and the J/24 World Championships in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2012.[4]

Pan American Games

Olympic Games

World championships

  • 3rd place in Snipe at Junior World Championships in Motala 1992
  • 1st place in Snipe at World Championships in San Diego 1997
  • 1st place in J/24 at World Championships in Melbourne 2006
  • 1st place in J/24 at World Championships in Nuevo Vallarta 2007
  • 1st place in J/24 at World Championships in Annapolis 2009
  • 1st place in J/24 at World Championships in Rochester 2012

References

  1. ↑ "Mauricio Santa Cruz". UOL. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Spain takes junior worlds" (PDF). UOL. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mauricio Santa Cruz Oliveira". Olympic Data Project. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "J/24 World Champions". International J/24 Class Association. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
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