Career
As of September 2014, Lima is ranked twenty-fourth in the world for the men"s skiff class by the International Sailing Federation, following his successes at the European Championships, and 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain. Lima qualified as a skipper for the Portuguese squad in the 49er class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by placing twelfth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. Teaming with crew member Francisco Andrade in the opening series, the Portuguese duo recorded a Netto score of 100 points to establish an eleventh-place finish in a fleet of nineteen boats, narrowly missing a spot for the medal race by France"s Emmanuel Dyen and Yann Rocherieux by a single grade.
