Jorge João Zarif (born 30 September 1992) is a Brazilian sailor, competing in the
Finn class. Son of Brazilian Olympic sailor
Jorge Zarif Neto
Jorge Zarif Neto (11 September 1957 – 12 March 2008 in São Paulo, Brazil) was a Brazilian Olympic sailor. He competed in the Finn class in the 1984 Summer Olympics (finishing eighth) and in the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympi ...
, after
finishing 20th at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, Zarif was world champion in both junior and senior levels, winning gold at the 2013 Youth Championship (his second title, after the 2009 edition) in Cyprus and the
2013 Finn Gold Cup in Estonia. His second Olympic appearance in
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
had Zarif improve handily,
with a fourth place finish.
[Finn Focus at Rio2016: Rio reflections]
/ref> He returned for his third Olympic appearance at the 2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
, earning 14th place.
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Brazilian male sailors (sport)
1992 births
Sailors (sport) from São Paulo
Living people
Olympic sailors for Brazil
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Finn
Brazilian people of Arab descent
Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn
Finn class world champions
World champions in sailing for Brazil
Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Finn
21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
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