JORGE ZARIF (BRA)
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Talk about the man of
the moment. Zarif has a
long history of success in
the Finn class including
winning the Gold Cup
aged 20 while holding the Junior Silver
Cup (still the only person ever to do so).
Then in 2018 he paid the Star class
some attention, winning the worlds
and, perhaps even more impressive,
seeing off the most star-studded fleet
ever to win the Star Sailors League and
become the closest thing to sailing’s
International Champion of Champions
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Why they won |
Jorge has friends, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of them!
‘Very nice!’ – Maria Gilka da Cunha Ferreira!!! ‘He follows a great
father who we still miss’ – Erika Lessmann; ‘Jorginho this year
made magic’ – Juliano Rosas; ‘A great sailor from a sailor’s family’
– Theodoro Rombauer; ‘He is a champion on the water as well as
in life’ – Alex Luiz; ‘He helped me to enjoy sailing again’ – Patrick
Oberholzer; ‘A showcase talent’ – Wietze Zetzema; ‘Jorge is today
the best sailor in the world’ – Angela Brun; ‘A great sailor like his
father and his grandfather’ – Raymond Grantham; ‘I take my hat
off a million times!’ – Bernardo Okada Ahmed. |
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