ROBERT SCHEIDT (BRA)|
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Another titan of the
sport. When the Star
was dropped from the
line-up for Rio later he
and Bruno Prada won the debut Star
Sailors’2016 Scheidt quietly got back
in his Laser, scoring well at regional
events. Then at the age of 40 Scheidt
travelled to Muscat for the world
championship, which he led from
early on before closing the deal in a
highly pressured final race. Two weeks
League in Nassau. Incredible
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| Why they won |
| ‘Thank God I’ll never be in the same Laser Masters category as
him’ – John Roberson; ‘To win [the Laser worlds] so convincingly
at 40 is beyond super-human’ – Alex Fox; ‘Robert is a monster!
Invincible!’ – Rafael Valdivia; ‘Lasers, Stars, it doesn’t matter, he’s
driven, cool and very, very fast’ – Luiz Kahl; ‘Russell [Coutts] was
brilliant but now he’s in management; Robert is still delivering on
the frontline’ – Richard Hardcastle; ‘A true champion and a great
example for the beautiful sport of sailing’ – Marieke Rapoulie. |
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