Cláudio Biekarck

Cláudio Biekarck
Personal information
Born (1951-05-16) 16 May 1951
São Paulo, Brazil
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sailing career
SportSailing
Club Yacht Club Santo Amaro
ClassesFinn, Lightning
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Brazil
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2011 BúziosLightning
Bronze medal – third place1983 NapoletaniLightning
Bronze medal – third place1993 IlhabelaLightning
Masters World Championship
Silver medal – second place2017 SalinasLightning
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1983 CaracasLightning
Silver medal – second place1979 San JuanFinn
Silver medal – second place1995 Mar del PlataLightning
Silver medal – second place1999 WinnipegLightning
Silver medal – second place2019 LimaLightning
Bronze medal – third place1987 IndianapolisLightning
Bronze medal – third place1991 HavanaLightning
Bronze medal – third place2007 RioLightning
Bronze medal – third place2011 GuadalajaraLightning
Bronze medal – third place2015 TorontoLightning

Cláudio Biekarck (born 16 May 1951) is a Brazilian former sailor. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biekarck obtained 9 medals in the Lightning class at Pan American Games: gold in Caracas 1983, silver in the Mar del Plata 1995, Winnipeg 1999 and Lima 2019 editions, and bronze in 5 editions: Indianapolis 1987, Havana 1991, Rio 2007, Guadalajara 2011 and Toronto 2015. He also won a silver medal at Finn class in San Juan 1979 There were 10 medals in 11 consecutive Pans, with the exception of 2003, when there was no Lightning class race.[2]

At the 2011 Lightning World Championship held in Búzios, he obtained the silver medal, and, at the 1993 Lightning World Championship held in Ilhabela, he obtained the bronze medal, always with Gunnar Ficker.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Cláudio Biekarck". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Após 10ª medalha em 10 Pans, velejador de 68 anos não descarta mais uma edição: "Quem sabe?"
  3. ↑ World Sailing
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