Marcelo Ferreira
Marcelo Ferreira is a Brazilian sailor and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in the Star Class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta with Torben Grael. He received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Ferreira is World champion from 1990 and 1997, and seven times Brazilian champion.
In 2005-06, he was a crewmember on Brasil 1 in the Volvo Ocean Race.