Diogo Costa (sailor)

Diogo Costa
Personal information
Full nameDiogo Eurico Vaz de Bacelar da Fonseca e Costa
Nationality Portugal
Born (1997-08-23) 23 August 1997 (age 27)
Porto, Portugal
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Parents
  • Fernando Luís Lopes da Fonseca e Costa (father)
  • Maria Cecília de Sousa Carneiro Vaz de Bacelar (mother)
Sport
SportSailing

Diogo Eurico Vaz de Bacelar da Fonseca e Costa (born 23 August 1997) is a Portuguese sailor. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

Costa placed second in the 2021 470 World Championships with Pedro Costa, qualifying the pair for the 2020 Olympics.[2] He and Carolina João won a place to compete in the 2024 Olympics as did the ILCA 7 sailor Eduardo Marques and the kitefoiler Mafalda Pires de Lima.[3]

  1. ^ "Sailing: COSTA Diogo". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ Bruxo, Michael (18 March 2021). "Portuguese sailors qualify for Tokyo Olympics in Vilamoura". PortugalResident.com.
  3. ^ "Mafalda Pires de Lima garante apuramento para Paris 2024 em kite feminino". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 July 2024.