Afonso Domingos

{{Short description|Portuguese sailor (born 1969)}}

{{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}

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| name = Afonso Domingos

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| fullname = Afonso Manuel Costa Gaspar
da Silva Domingos

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| nationality = {{POR}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|7|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Maputo, Mozambique

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| height = 1.74 m

| weight = 83 kg

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| classes = Skiff, multihull, keelboat

| club = Clube Naval de Cascais

| coach = Andy Zawija

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| show-medals = yes

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Afonso Manuel Costa Gaspar da Silva Domingos (born 29 July 1969 in Maputo, Mozambique) is a Portuguese sailor, who specialized in mixed multihull (Nacra 17) and two-person keelboat (Star) classes.{{cite web |title=Afonso Domingos |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/domingos-afonso-1102061/ |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=4 July 2015 |archive-date=1 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501134837/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/domingos-afonso-1102061/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Afonso Domingos |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/afonso-domingos-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024834/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/afonso-domingos-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=4 July 2015}} He represented his nation Portugal in three editions of the Olympic Games (2000, 2008, and 2012), and has been training throughout his sailing career for Cascais Naval Club ({{langx|pt|Clube Naval de Cascais}}) in his current residence Cascais, under his personal coach Andy Zawija.{{cite news |title=Afonso Domingos/Frederico Melo: "Adversários são campeões e medalhados" |trans-title=Afonso Domingos/Frederico Melo: "Our opponents are champions and medalists" |language=pt |url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Modalidades/Olimpismo/londres2012/representacao_nacional/interior.aspx?content_id=768223 |publisher=Record |location=Portugal |year=2012 |access-date=4 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705220347/http://www.record.xl.pt/Modalidades/Olimpismo/londres2012/representacao_nacional/interior.aspx?content_id=768223 |archive-date=5 July 2015}}

Domingos made his Olympic debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he and his partner Diogo Cayolla sailed a marvelous stretch to seal a seventh-place finish in the 49er class with a net grade of 93.{{cite web |title=Sydney 2000: Sailing – 49er Class |url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sa/SAresults.pdf |format=PDF |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |pages=144–145 |access-date=5 September 2013}}{{cite news |first=Filipe |last=Mendes |title=Dupla A. Domingos/D. Cayolla termina no 7º lugar da classe 49'er |trans-title=Duo A. Domingos and D. Cayolla finished 7th place in the 49er class |language=pt |url=http://www.record.xl.pt/modalidades/interior.aspx?content_id=49664 |publisher=Record |location=Portugal |date=25 September 2000 |access-date=4 July 2015}}

Despite missing out a place on the Portuguese team in Athens 2004, Domingos returned from an eight-year absence to compete for his second bid at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Sailing with skipper Bernardo Santos in their new boat Star, the Portuguese duo started the race on a blistering third-place effort, but fell short to eighth by a late caution in the middle of the series with a score of 72 net points.{{cite web |title=Beijing 2008: Men's Star Class |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc=SAM007000/standings.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=13 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105102158/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSAM007000/standings.html |archive-date=5 January 2014}}{{cite news |first=Nuno |last=Miguel |title=Pequim 2008: Nelson Évora campeão olímpico |trans-title=Beijing 2008: Nelson Évora is the Olympic champion |language=pt |url=http://jpn.up.pt/2008/08/21/pequim-2008-nelson-evora-campeao-olimpico/ |publisher=Jornalismo Porto Net |date=21 August 2008 |access-date=4 July 2015}}

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Domingos teamed up with new partner Frederico Melo on his third Olympic appearance in the Star class, after having secured a berth and placing thirteenth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite news |title=Quotas Olímpicas do Tiro e Vela atribuídas |trans-title=Olympic quotas have already distributed in sailing and shooting |language=pt |url=http://comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/quotas-olimpicas-do-tiro-e-vela-atribuidas/ |publisher=Olympic Committee of Portugal |date=23 January 2012 |accessdate=4 July 2015}}{{cite news |first=Rui |last=Mendes |title=Portugal garante qualificação para Londres2012 na classe Star |trans-title=Portugal ensures a qualified spot in the Star class for London 2012 |language=pt |url=http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/index.php?article=510293&tm=46&layout=158&visual=49 |publisher=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal |date=15 December 2011 |accessdate=4 July 2015}} Domingos and Melo failed to improve their feat from the previous Games throughout the ten-race series with a mediocre, fifteenth-place effort, posting a net grade of 108.{{cite web |title=Men's Star |url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/star-men/phase=sam007101/doc=results.html |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=27 November 2012 |archive-date=6 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406034601/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/star-men/phase%3Dsam007101/doc%3Dresults.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=Londres 2012: Domingos/Melo fecham classe de star no 15.º lugar |trans-title=London 2012: Domingos/Melo finished fifteenth in the Star class |language=pt |url=http://www.lux.iol.pt/nacionais/londres2012-domingosmelo-fecham-classe-de-star-no-15-lugar-afonso-domingos-frederico-melo-vela-jogos-olimpicos-londres2012/1365879-4996.html |publisher=Lux.pt |date=3 August 2012 |accessdate=4 July 2015}}