Robert Scheidt is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze medal across five Olympic Games plus a Star Sailors League Final. He is one of only two Brazilian Olympians to win five Olympic medals, alongside fellow sailor Torben Grael, and is the only Brazilian sailor to win medals in both dinghy and keelboat classes. He is widely considered one of the greatest sailors of all time.
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Career HighlightWon two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze medal across five Olympic Games plus a Star Sailors League Final, one of only two Brazilian Olympians with five Olympic medals at the time. 1 Classification
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In which Olympic boat classes did Robert Scheidt win medals?
He medaled in the one-person dinghy and in the two-person keelboat.
Olympedia lists Robert Scheidt winning Olympic medals in two kinds of boat. He took gold in the one-person dinghy at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the two-person keelboat with Bruno Prada, he won silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Robert Scheidt (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final.
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Robert Scheidt (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final.
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Robert Scheidt (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final.
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Robert Scheidt (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final.
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Robert Scheidt (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final.
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Robert Scheidt (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final.
Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Scheidt won his fifth Olympic medal, a bronze at the Star.
Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
To ensure another participation in the 2016 Summer Olympics hosted by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, Scheidt returned to the Laser in 2013, right away winning the World Championship at the age of 40.
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Robert Scheidt (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final.
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