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| Full name | Mário Gentil Quina | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Portuguese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1930-01-01)1 January 1930 Estoril, Cascais, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 September 2017(2017-09-08) (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Mário Gentil Quina, GOIH (1 January 1930 – 8 September 2017) was a Portuguese sailor. He competed at the 1952, 1960, 1968 and 1972 Olympics. In 1952 he finished 17th in one-person dingy. In 1960 he won a silver medal in the star class, together with his brother José Manuel Quina; the brothers placed 17th at the 1968 Games. In 1972 he took part in the three-person keelboat event, together with his another brother Francisco Quina and finished 21st.
Quina mostly competed in the star class (doubles) and participated in seven world championships between 1953 and 1967. He won a bronze medal in this category at the 1965 European Championships.
Awards
- Olympic Medal Nobre Guedes (1960)
Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
References
- Mário Quina's obituary (in Portuguese)
- "Mário Quina". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mario Quina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
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- "Nelson Évora condecorado por Cavaco Silva" [Nelson Évora decorated by Cavaco Silva] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
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