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Brazilian windsurfer
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Female
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Birth:
19 July 1958(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Death:
22 January 2008(São Gonçalo do Abaeté, Brazil)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Dora Bria (19 July 1958 – 22 January 2008) was a Brazilian six-time windsurfing champion.
Bria was known as a pioneer in Brazilian windsurfing. She won the national championship six times between 1990 and 1995. At the time of her death she held three South American championship titles.
Biography
She was born in Rio de Janeiro to a Brazilian mother and Romanian father.
Death
On January 22, 2008, Bria crashed her pick-up truck, on a rainy Tuesday evening, in Minas Gerais (southeastern Brazil), on her way to her native Rio de Janeiro.