Mauricio Oliveira

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]

Mauricio Oliveira
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo J/24 class
2007 Rio de Janeiro J/24 class
2011 Guadalajara J/24 class

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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