Dora Bria (19 July 1958 – 22 January 2008) was a Brazilian six-time

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champion. Bria was known as a pioneer in Brazilian windsurfing. She won the national championship six times between 1990 and 1995. At the time of her death she held three South American championship titles.

Biography

She was born in

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to a Brazilian mother and Romanian father.

Death

On 22 January 2008, Bria crashed her pick-up truck, on a rainy Tuesday evening, in

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(southeastern Brazil), on her way to her native

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References

External links

Dora Bria Online Tribute
1958 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian people of Romanian descent Brazilian windsurfers Road incident deaths in Brazil Female windsurfers 20th-century Brazilian sportswomen {{Windsurfing-bio-stub