Career
Bello also raced Star class keelboats, winning silver in the 1953 and 1962 World Championship, and bronze in the 1952 World Championship. Bello was also well known as a equipment innovator, inventing a number of items, including automatic "Bello bailers" in 1954, and the circular boom-vang track c. 1962.
1947 Star World Championships – 10th place (with F Bello)
1948 Star World Championships – 5th place (with F Bello)
1948 Olympics – Swallow – Silver Medal (with Fernando Bello)
1951 Star World Championships – 9th place (with F Bello)
1952 Star World Championships – Bronze (with F Bello)
1952 Olympics – 5.5 Metre – 4th (with F Bello & Júlio Gourinho)
1953 Star World Championships – Silver (with João Miguel Tito)
1954 Star World Championships – 6th place (with J Tito)
1955 Star World Championships – 9th place (with J Silva)
1956 Star World Championships – 7th place (with J Silva)
1956 Olympics – Star – 4th place (with Jose Bustorff Silva)
1957 Star World Championships – 28th place (with M Ricciardi)
1960 Star World Championships – 12th place (with Oliveir)
1960 Olympics – 5.5 Metre – 16th place (with F Bello & Júlio Gourinho)
1962 Star World Championships – Silver (with F Bello)
1963 Star World Championships – 27th place (with F Bello)
1964 Olympics – Star – 8th place (with F Bello)
1965 Star World Championships – 19th place (with F Bello)
1966 Star World Championships – 41st place (with Antonio Rocha)
1972 Star World Championships – 31st place (with Manuel Espirito Santo)
1973 Star World Championships – 26th place (with Duke Robinson)
1974 Star World Championships – 18th place (with F Bello)
1983 Star World Championships – 65th place (with Rui Roque de Pinho)
1986 Star World Championships – 70th place (with Fernando B Bello).
