Bruno Amorim (sailor)

For other people named Bruno Amorim, see Bruno Amorim (disambiguation).

Bruno Bethlem de Amorim (born 22 October 1975 in Rio de Janeiro), also known as "Bebum", is a Brazilian sailor gold medallist in the Pan American Games, the South American Games, and the Snipe World Championships.^[1]

Bruno Amorim

January 2007
Personal information
Full name	Bruno Bethlem de Amorim
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1975-10-22) 22 October 1975 (age 49) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sailing career
Class(es)	470, Snipe
Club	Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro
Medal record Sailing Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Snipe South American Games 2006 Buenos Aires Snipe South American Championship 2000 Rio de Janeiro Snipe 2018 Porto Alegre Snipe Snipe World Championships 2009 San Diego Snipe 2011 Rungsted Snipe 2013 Rio de Janeiro Snipe

He started sailing Optimist at the age of eleven,^[2] moving to Europe, 470 and Snipe later on his career. His biggest accomplishments have come in the Snipe class, where he has won the Brazilian National Championship ten times (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2024),^[3] twice the South American Championship (2000 and 2018), the Pan American Games (2003) and the South American Games (2006), and twice the World Championships (2009 and 2013), where he also won the bronze medal in 2011.

Pan American Games

• 1st place in Snipe at Santo Domingo 2003.

South American Games

• 1st place in Snipe at Buenos Aires 2006.

World Championships

• 1st place in Snipe at San Diego 2009.
• 1st place in Snipe at Rio de Janeiro 2013.

Olympic Games

He and Henrique Haddad placed 23rd in the men's 470 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[4][5] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6]