Biography
Marcelo Bastos Ferreria (born 26 September 1965) is a Brazilian sailor and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in the Star Class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta with Torben Grael . He received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , and won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . Ferreira is World champion from 1990 and 1997, and seven times Brazilian champion (1989, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003). In 2005-06, he was a crewmember on Brasil 1 in the Volvo Ocean Race. Cite error: There are tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page ).