Bruno Amorim (sailor)

For other people named Bruno Amorim, see Bruno Amorim (disambiguation).
Bruno Amorim
January 2007
Personal information
Full nameBruno Bethlem de Amorim
Nationality Brazil
Born (1975-10-22) 22 October 1975 (age 49)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sailing career
Class(es)470, Snipe
Club Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Snipe
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Buenos Aires Snipe
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2000 Rio de Janeiro Snipe
Gold medal – first place 2018 Porto Alegre Snipe
Snipe World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 San Diego Snipe
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rungsted Snipe
Gold medal – first place 2013 Rio de Janeiro Snipe

Bruno Bethlem de Amorim (born 22 October 1975 in Rio de Janeiro), also known as "Bebum", is a Brazilian sailor gold medallist in the Pan American Games, the South American Games, and the Snipe World Championships.[1]

He started sailing Optimist at the age of eleven,[2] moving to Europe, 470 and Snipe later on his career. His biggest accomplishments have come in the Snipe class, where he has won the Brazilian National Championship ten times (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2024),[3] twice the South American Championship (2000 and 2018), the Pan American Games (2003) and the South American Games (2006), and twice the World Championships (2009 and 2013), where he also won the bronze medal in 2011.

Pan American Games

South American Games

World Championships

Olympic Games

He and Henrique Haddad placed 23rd in the men's 470 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4][5] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Bruno Bethlem de Amorim". AHE Brasil. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ^ "SAILOR BIOGRAPHY Bruno Amorim". ISAF. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Brasileiro de Snipe 2013". SCIRA Brasil. Retrieved 24 October 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Bruno Bethlem". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  5. ^ "470 Men - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  6. ^ "Sailing BETHLEN Bruno - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-08-23.