Nuno Mendes (born 10 May 1984 in

Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

) is a Portuguese rower. He started competitive rowing in 1994 and currently represents

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

. Competing in the lightweight double sculls category (LM2x) with Pedro Fraga, he finished in 5th place 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 ...

in London and won two silver medals at the

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and 2012 European Rowing Championships.

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* Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Portuguese male rowers Olympic rowers for Portugal Sportspeople from Porto 1984 births Living people European Rowing Championships medalists 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen {{Portugal-rowing-bio-stub