Duarte Manuel Bello
Duarte Manuel de Almeida Bello (26 July 1921 – 3 June 1994) was a Portuguese sailor who competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics. He won a silver medal in the Swallow class in 1948, together with his brother Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello, and placed fourth in 1952 and 1956.
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| Full name | Duarte Manuel de Almeida Bello | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Portuguese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 1921 Maputo, Mozambique | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 June 1994 (aged 72) Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bello also raced Star class keelboats, winning silver medals at the 1953 and 1962 World Championship, and a bronze in 1952. He was known as an equipment innovator who invented several devices, including automatic "Bello bailers" in 1954, and the circular boom-vang track at the early 1960s.
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