Fernando Lima Bello
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Fernando Lima Bello is Portugal
's current and only member of the International Olympic Committee
since 1989, when he ended his term at the presidency of the Olympic Committee of Portugal
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Education
Civil engineering degree, Lisbon University
Career
Director General of a road construction company; member of the Registration Committee for Public Works Contractors; Director of the Regional Association of Contractors and Constructors; Former Director of the Construction Department, Ministry of Employment; retired
Sports practised
Sailing, football, tennis
Sports career
Sailing World champion (Snipe) (1953); participated in the Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972 (Dragon); vice champion of Europe (Star); Portuguese champion (Star, Dragon and Sharpie 12 m2)
Sports administration
Chairman of the Portuguese Sailing Federation and its technical committee; sailing inspector for the Portuguese Youth Organization; member of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF); Chairman of the Jury of the World Sailing Championships (Finn, 420, Cadet); member of the NOC (1975-), of its Executive Board (1977–1980) then Chairman (1981–1989); during his tenure the Olympic Academy of Portugal was founded; chef de mission at the Games of the XXII Olympiad in Moscow in 1980; member of the Higher Sports Council and of the Sports Council for High Level Competition
Awards and distinctions
Olympic Order (2009); Portugal Sports Merit collar; Order Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
IOC History
Member of the IOC from 1989 to 2010; Honorary Member since 2010; Member of the following Commissions: Cultural (1985–1999), International Olympic Academy and Olympic Education (1990–1999), Eligibility (1992–1993), Evaluation for the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in 2004 (1996), Culture and Olympic Education (2000-); Commissioner of the IOC at the Universal Exhibition in Lisbon (1998)
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
's current and only member of the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
since 1989, when he ended his term at the presidency of the Olympic Committee of Portugal
Olympic Committee of Portugal
The Olympic Committee of Portugal is a non-profit organisation of public utility, which serves as the National Olympic Committee for Portugal. It was founded on October 26, 1909, to ensure a timely, methodical and state-sponsored participation at the Games of the V Olympiad, in Stockholm...
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Education
Civil engineering degree, Lisbon University
Career
Director General of a road construction company; member of the Registration Committee for Public Works Contractors; Director of the Regional Association of Contractors and Constructors; Former Director of the Construction Department, Ministry of Employment; retired
Sports practised
Sailing, football, tennis
Sports career
Sailing World champion (Snipe) (1953); participated in the Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972 (Dragon); vice champion of Europe (Star); Portuguese champion (Star, Dragon and Sharpie 12 m2)
Sports administration
Chairman of the Portuguese Sailing Federation and its technical committee; sailing inspector for the Portuguese Youth Organization; member of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF); Chairman of the Jury of the World Sailing Championships (Finn, 420, Cadet); member of the NOC (1975-), of its Executive Board (1977–1980) then Chairman (1981–1989); during his tenure the Olympic Academy of Portugal was founded; chef de mission at the Games of the XXII Olympiad in Moscow in 1980; member of the Higher Sports Council and of the Sports Council for High Level Competition
Awards and distinctions
Olympic Order (2009); Portugal Sports Merit collar; Order Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
IOC History
Member of the IOC from 1989 to 2010; Honorary Member since 2010; Member of the following Commissions: Cultural (1985–1999), International Olympic Academy and Olympic Education (1990–1999), Eligibility (1992–1993), Evaluation for the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in 2004 (1996), Culture and Olympic Education (2000-); Commissioner of the IOC at the Universal Exhibition in Lisbon (1998)