The Brazilian athlete that has won most medals is the sailor Robert Scheidt, 7 time world champion and gold medal in Atlanta/96 and silver in Sydney/2000.
At the age of nine, influenced of the father, Fritz Scheidt, Robert discovered sailing. His first competition happened two years later, but his start wasn’t promising: we got 42nd place in the Brazilian Championship. His hard work paid off not long after, in the following year he won the South American juvenile, in Algaborro, in Chile.
The Brazilian practiced other modalities in his adolescence. In an aptitude test he found other abilities in track and field, volleyball and tennis. Finally, at 17 he started to compete in the Laser class, the class that would bring him worldwide recognition.
By Hosana Wittica
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