Marcos Soares is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian sailor

Sailor

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 and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 Class

Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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 with Eduardo Penido

Eduardo Penido

Eduardo Henrique Gomes Penido is a Brazilian sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 Class with Marcos Soares at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow....

 at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 in Moscow

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1980 Olympics

The gold medal in the 470 class was quite a surprise. With an additional Brazilian victory in the Tornado class by Alexandre Welter

Alexandre Welter

Alexandre Welter is a Brazilian sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the Tornado Class at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow., alongside Lars Sigurd Bjorkstrom.-References:*...

and Lars Björkström, a fourth place in the Finn class, a sixth in the Soling class, and eight in the Flying Dutchman, Brazil was best sailing nation at the 1980 Olympics.