Researching Jorge Lima
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 15 people with the Lima surname? In that year Lima was ranked number 3564 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jorge means "Form of GEORGE. A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Jorge Lima on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jorge Lima and the Lima Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Lima surname in the USA? Lima is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Jorge Lima
Jorge Manuel Roxo Martins de Lima (born 29 January 1981) is a Portuguese sailor who specialized in Soozie (49er). He represented Portugal, along with his partner Francisco Andrade, at the 2008, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He has trained for Cascais Naval Club throughout most of his sporting career under his personal coach Pedro Pinto. As of September 2014, Lima is ranked twenty-fourth in the world for the men's skiff class by the International Sailing Federation, following his successes at the European Championships, and 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain.
Lima qualified as a skipper for the Portuguese squad in the 49er class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by placing twelfth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. Teaming with crew member Francisco Andrade in the opening series, the Portuguese duo recorded a net score of 100 points to establish an eleventh-place finish in a fleet of nineteen boats, narrowly missing a spot for the medal race by France's Emmanuel Dyen and Yann Rocherieux by a single grade.
At the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain, Lima and his new partner José Costa set their best career record with a fifth-place finish in the men's 49er class to secure a spot on the Portuguese sailing team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Source: Jorge Lima, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJorge Lima (swimmer)
Jorge Lima (born 13 July 1967) is an Angolan swimmer. He competed in four events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
At the 1980 Summer Olympics, Lima was the youngest competitor of the games at the age of 13. He competed in the men's 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke and the 4 x 100 m medley relay. He finished 8th in his 100 m freestyle heat with a time of 59.39 seconds, 8th in his 200 m freestyle with a time of 2:14.37 seconds and 6th in his 100 m backstroke heat with a time of 1:14.33 seconds. In his 4 x 100 m medley relay heat, he swam with Fernando Lopes, Francisco Santos and Marcos Daniel, Lima swam Angola's last 100 metres. Angola eventually ended up finishing 11th out of 13 nations that competed with a time of 4:35.11 seconds, they finished ahead of Vietnam's team consisting of Pham, Nguyen, Truong and To and Sweden's team of Söderlund, Berggren, Magnusson and Holmertz both teams of which were disqualified.
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