Patrícia Freitas Explained

Patrícia Freitas
Fullname:Patrícia da Costa Freitas
Nickname:Paty
Nationality:American - Brazilian
Birth Date:10 March 1990
Birth Place:Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.
Height:1.72 m (2012)
Weight:58 kg (2012)
Classes:Sailboard
Club:Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro
Coach:Lucas Souza
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Patrícia da Costa Freitas (born 10 March 1990) is an American-born Brazilian windsurfer, who specialized in class.[1] [2] She represented Brazil in three editions of the Olympic Games (2008, 2012 and 2016) and captured her first ever individual title in her sailing career at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Holding dual citizenship between Brazil and the United States, Freitas currently resides in Rio de Janeiro, where she sails and trains for the Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club (Portuguese: Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro) under her personal coach and mentor Lucas Souza. As of September 2013, Freitas is ranked as one of the top ten sailors in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation, following her successes at the South American and World Championships in her home nation.[3] [4]

Freitas made her official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she placed eighteenth in the newly introduced RS:X class with a net score of 135 points.[5] [6]

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Freitas dominated the races with a remarkable grade of 12 to claim the gold medal in the women's sailboard class, edging out the host nation's Demita Vega by a 16-point gap.[7]

The following year, Freitas competed for her second Brazilian team in the RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by receiving a berth from her result at the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[8] Struggling to attain a higher position during the early stages, Freitas managed to pull off a second and an eighth-place finish in the final legs but missed a chance to succeed for the medal race with a fourteenth-place effort and a net score of 110 points.[9] [10] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished in 13th place.

She qualified again for her home Olympics in Rio 2016 and finished 8th at those Games.

She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patricia Freitas . London2012.com. . 8 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130502213710/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/freitas-patricia-1086912/ . 2 May 2013 .
  2. Patrícia Freitas . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032227/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/patricia-freitas-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 8 September 2013.
  3. News: Wind blows at the RS:X World Championships 2013 . Surfer Today . 4 March 2013 . 8 September 2013.
  4. News: Mashich And Freitas On Top In Brazil . . 25 February 2013 . 8 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130528041028/http://www.sailing.org/news/33966.php . 28 May 2013 .
  5. Web site: Women's RS:X . . . 5 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728181810/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSAW102000/standings.html . 28 July 2012 .
  6. News: Patrícia Freitas e Matheus Dellagnello abrem a contagem de ouros na vela . Patrícia Freitas oscillates in Qingdao . Portuguese . . 17 August 2008 . 8 September 2013.
  7. News: Joāo Gabriel . Rodrigues . Patrícia Freitas oscila em Qingdao . Patrícia Freitas and Matheus Dellagnello added more golds in sailing . Portuguese . . 22 October 2011 . 8 September 2013.
  8. News: Mundial de Velas em Perth – Brasil conquista sete vagas para as Olimpíadas de Londres . World Sailing in Perth – Brazil earns seven tickets for the London Olympics . Portuguese . Bombarco . 22 October 2011 . 8 September 2013.
  9. Web site: Women's RS:X . London2012.com . London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 27 November 2012 . 13 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913181844/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/rs-x-women/phase=saw102910/doc=summary.html . dead .
  10. News: Vela brasileira fez pior campanha em Olimpíadas dos últimos 20 anos . Brazilian sailors made worst Olympic record in 20 years . Portuguese . . 20 August 2012 . 8 September 2013 . 3 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130403210150/http://rederecord.r7.com/londres-2012/noticias/vela-brasileira-faz-pior-campanha-em-olimpiadas-dos-ultimos-20-anos/ . dead .
  11. Web site: Brasil. Bolavip. Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio. 2021-06-27. Bolavip Brasil. pt-BR.
  12. Web site: Sailing FREITAS Patricia. 2021-08-23. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. en-us.

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