Patrícia da Costa Freitas (born 10 March 1990) is an American-born Brazilian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. She represented Brazil in three editions of the Olympic Games (2008, 2012 and 2016) and captured her first ever individual title in sailing career at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Holding a dual citizenship between Brazil and the United States, Freitas currently resides in Rio de Janeiro where she sails and trains for the Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club (Portuguese: Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro) under her personal coach and mentor Lucas Souza. As of September 2013, Freitas is ranked as one of the top ten sailors in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation, following her successes at the South American and World C