Daniel Adler (sailor)

Daniel Adler
Personal information
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1958-04-16) April 16, 1958 (age 66)
Rio de Janeiro
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight159 lb (72 kg)
Sailing career
ClassSoling
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Soling class

Daniel Adler (born April 16, 1958) is a Brazilian sailor.[1][2][3][4] He is Jewish.[1][5][6] His father Harry Adler and brother Alan Adler were also sailing Olympians.

Adler won a silver medal for Brazil at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles in yachting (Soling), with Torben Grael and Ronaldo Senfft.[1][5][7][8] He also competed in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul (coming in 5th) where he sailed in Race 1 to 5 before being replaced by Christoph Bergman due to illness and the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona (coming in 13th).[4]

He is the brother of Olympian Alan Adler, who competed for Brazil in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Olympics in the Mixed Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy, and the son of Harry Adler, who was in the 1964 Olympics.[4] His niece is Brazilian Girl’s 29er Daniela Adler Pimentel Duarte.[9]

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  3. ^ Steve Berkowitz; Bruce Pascoe (August 2, 1987). "The New World's Best Take to Fields, Arenas of Indianapolis Series: Pan American Games". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
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  5. ^ a b Paul Yogi Mayer (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games; sport: a springboard for minorities. Vallentine Mitchell. ISBN 9780853035169. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  6. ^ "Jewish Olympic Medalists". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  7. ^ ISAF (July 13, 2008). "ISAF: Two Top Spots For Britain and Cyprus on Day Two in Århus". Sailing.org. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  8. ^ "ISAF: Olympic Sailors Are Main Attraction". Sailing.org. June 3, 2004. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  9. ^ ISAF (July 13, 2008). "ISAF: Two Top Spots For Britain And Cyprus On Day Two In Århus". Sailing.org. Retrieved July 5, 2011.