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The Gold Medal at the 2003 Laser World Championships ranks as the pinnacle of Gustavo's sailing career to date. He opened the series clearly as he meant to go on taking the gun in both races to lead overall, a position he held through until the end to claim the Gold Medal ahead of six times World Champion Robert Scheidt (BRA). Gustavo demonstrated a fantastic display of sailing and skill, completing a series with all his results in the top ten, including five bullets, which alongside the World Championship title qualified Portugal for the 2004 Olympic Regatta.
Leading up to the Worlds, Gustavo had focused on the European circuit, with his best result at a Grade 1 event being his tenth at SPA Regatta.
27th - Laser World Championship, September 2002 - Grade W
4th - IX Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week, April 2003 - Grade 2
23rd - Semaine Olympique Francaise, May 2003 - Grade 1
10th - SPA Regatta, May 2003 - Grade 1
11th - Kieler Woche, June 2003 - Grade 1
1st - Matosinhos Sailing Cup, July 2003 - Grade 3
6th - Athens Regatta, August 2003 - Ungraded
13th - Laser European Championship, August 2003 - Grade 1
1st - 2003 ISAF World Championship - Laser, September 2003 - Grade W
ISAF World Sailing Ranking - Single-Handed Dinghy Open - Laser (1 October 2003) = 10
| Name | Gustavo Lima |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 28337 |
| Place of Birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Profession | Sailor |
| ISAF Sailor ID | PORGL1 |
| Age started sailing | 9 |
| First boat sailed | Optimist |
| Age started racing | 10 |
| First boat raced | Optimist |
| What inspired you to take up sailing? | Freedom |
| How did you buy your first boat? | With my father's money |
| Which was your first sailing club? | Club Naval de Cascais |
| First Event competed in and Year | Trofeo Patrao Lopes in 1987 |
| First Event won and Year | Torneio Cenovra in 1988 |
| Principle achievements | 5th at the Optimist Worlds 1991 |
| Principle achievements | Bronze medal at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 1998 |
| Principle achievements | Laser Radial European Champion 1994 |
| Principle achievements | Laser Radial World Champion 1998 |
| Principle achievements | 6th Olympics 2000 |
| Principle achievements | 2nd Laser World Championship 2001 |
| Principle achievements | Laser World Champion 2003 |
| Principle achievements | 4th Europeans 2002 |
| What are your future sailing aspirations? | To win an Olympic medal in Athens 2004 and be World Champion in 2004 |
| Briefly state what sailing means to you | To me sailing means everything |
| Who has had the greatest impact or inspiration in your sailing career and why? | My family, my friends, my new coach Xavi - because without them all my results were impossible to achieve. |
| Who do you consider to be your sailing hero? | Robert SCHEIDT (BRA) |
| What other sports do you participate in outside of sailing? | Windsurfing, karting and soccer |
| Who do you consider to be the greatest sailor in the World and why? | Torben GRAEL (BRA) he has the biggest feeling |
| Briefly state what being nominated for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award 2003 means to you | It's a great moment of my career, being recognised by ISAF and international members has given me one of the happiest moments of my life |
| If voted as the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2003, briefly say what will this mean to you? | For sure it must be a feeling that I may be cannot express, because I have never won that prize. |
