Nuno Mendes (rower)

Nuno Mendes ( born May 10, 1984 in Miragaia, a town of Porto ) is a Portuguese lightweight rowers.

Mendes began in 1994 with the rowing, 2004, he first appeared at the World Cup. Also in 2004, he took along with Pedro Fraga second place in the U23 World Championships in the lightweight double sculls, the two were able to repeat this success in 2005. Reached in 2006, the two in Poznan for the first time an A-final in the World Cup and were sixth at the 2008 Olympics they finished eighth. After finishing fifth at the helm European Championships 2009, she won at the 2010 European Championships on home soil the silver medal at the World Rowing Championships in 2010 occupied the two sixth place. In 2011 she reached the third place in the World Cup in Hamburg, they were also third at the European Championships 2011., 2012, the two rowed at the 2012 Olympics to the final and occupied the fifth place.

The 1.75 m wide Nuno Mendes is a student and rowing for the SC Porto.