Prêmio Brasil Olímpico
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Prêmio Brasil Olímpico is the name given to the highest recognition that a Brazil
ian athlete can receive nationally.
(BOC), who wanted to have a form of maximum recognition that could be bestowed upon the Brazilian athletes that were considered to have been the best in the country.
The first installment of the award was held in São Paulo, but every other ceremony thereafter has been held in Rio de Janeiro.
In order to be eligible, an athlete must be affiliated to a sport's Confederation whose sport is part of the Olympic Program
. The athlete is then nominated by his or her Confederation for a vote that will determine the best athlete in the country for each sport — some Confederations have nominated only one athlete at times, which results in the need for only one vote in order for the athlete to be chosen as the best in the country.
The winners of each sport's election integrate the longlist for the highest award to be granted: the Athlete of the Year award. From the longlist, three finalists (or nominees) are selected, with the winner announced only at the Award Ceremony, which takes place in the first half of December. It is also possible that an athlete that may not have won in his or her sport (which serves as a longlist for the Athlete of the Year award), still be included in the shortlist, if said athlete is the winner of the previous year award. This was done in 2005, when female gymnast Daiane dos Santos
, although not having won in her sport's category, was included in the shortlist for the female award as the winner of the 2004 award — this resulted in the unusual circumstance of having two athletes from the same sport running for the same award, since gymnast Laís Souza was also nominated for the female Athlete of the Year award.
A noteworthy discrepancy is that, in the election for best athlete in each sport, men and women run together (there is only one "best athlete" in each sport, man or woman), but for the nomination for Best Athlete of the Year, there are separate categories for male and female athletes. This has the effect of ensuring a variety of sports amidst the six athletes (between men and women) that run for the two awards, since no sport will have two nominees (one male and one female).
In the election, the candidates are voted on by two separate groups: a selected jury (chosen by the BOC) and the popular vote, both voting online
. The results are then combined and the winner, chosen.
In addition, there is another award, which can be granted to both athletes and non-athletes: the Personalidade Olímpica (Olympic Personality) Award. This is granted to any public figure whose efforts were deemed to have helped advance sport in the country.
In 2004, for the first time, awards were given for the Best Paralympic Athlete of the Year (also seggreagating men and women).
Although not a winner in a sport-specific category, gymnast Daiane dos Santos
made the shortlist for the female Athlete of the Year as the winner of the previous year's award.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian athlete can receive nationally.
History and configuration
The award was created in 1999 by the Brazilian Olympic CommitteeBrazilian Olympic Committee
The Brazilian Olympic Committee or BOC is the highest authority in Brazilian sport and the governing body of Brazilian Olympic sport. It was officially founded on June 8, 1914 but World War I caused its official activities to begin only in 1935...
(BOC), who wanted to have a form of maximum recognition that could be bestowed upon the Brazilian athletes that were considered to have been the best in the country.
The first installment of the award was held in São Paulo, but every other ceremony thereafter has been held in Rio de Janeiro.
In order to be eligible, an athlete must be affiliated to a sport's Confederation whose sport is part of the Olympic Program
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
. The athlete is then nominated by his or her Confederation for a vote that will determine the best athlete in the country for each sport — some Confederations have nominated only one athlete at times, which results in the need for only one vote in order for the athlete to be chosen as the best in the country.
The winners of each sport's election integrate the longlist for the highest award to be granted: the Athlete of the Year award. From the longlist, three finalists (or nominees) are selected, with the winner announced only at the Award Ceremony, which takes place in the first half of December. It is also possible that an athlete that may not have won in his or her sport (which serves as a longlist for the Athlete of the Year award), still be included in the shortlist, if said athlete is the winner of the previous year award. This was done in 2005, when female gymnast Daiane dos Santos
Daiane dos Santos
Daiane Garcia dos Santos is one of Brazil's most successful female gymnasts. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, at age 20, she won the world title on her specialty apparatus, the floor exercise.-Personal life:...
, although not having won in her sport's category, was included in the shortlist for the female award as the winner of the 2004 award — this resulted in the unusual circumstance of having two athletes from the same sport running for the same award, since gymnast Laís Souza was also nominated for the female Athlete of the Year award.
A noteworthy discrepancy is that, in the election for best athlete in each sport, men and women run together (there is only one "best athlete" in each sport, man or woman), but for the nomination for Best Athlete of the Year, there are separate categories for male and female athletes. This has the effect of ensuring a variety of sports amidst the six athletes (between men and women) that run for the two awards, since no sport will have two nominees (one male and one female).
In the election, the candidates are voted on by two separate groups: a selected jury (chosen by the BOC) and the popular vote, both voting online
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. The results are then combined and the winner, chosen.
In addition, there is another award, which can be granted to both athletes and non-athletes: the Personalidade Olímpica (Olympic Personality) Award. This is granted to any public figure whose efforts were deemed to have helped advance sport in the country.
In 2004, for the first time, awards were given for the Best Paralympic Athlete of the Year (also seggreagating men and women).
Men
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| 1999 | December 7 | Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo Kuerten is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000... |
Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
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| Rodrigo Pessoa Rodrigo Pessoa Rodrigo Pessoa is an equestrian and show jumper from Brazil. He is an accomplished rider backed by his 50 Grand Prix wins and a total of in prize money during his career. Rodrigo Pessoa is the son of equestrian and show jumper Nelson Pessoa.- Riding career :Rodrigo first competed in 1981 at... |
Equestrian Equestrianism Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses... |
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| 2000 | December 11 | Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo Kuerten is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000... |
Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
| Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt is a renowned Brazilian sailor, having won two gold medals and two silver medals from four Olympic Games... |
Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
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| 2001 | December 17 | Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt is a renowned Brazilian sailor, having won two gold medals and two silver medals from four Olympic Games... |
Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
| Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo Kuerten is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000... |
Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
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| Nalbert Bitencourt | Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive... |
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| 2002 | December 17 | Nalbert Bitencourt | Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive... |
| Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt is a renowned Brazilian sailor, having won two gold medals and two silver medals from four Olympic Games... |
Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
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| André Sá André Sá André Rezende Sá is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He is number 29 for doubles, and 467 for singles.-Personal:... |
Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
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| 2003 | December 15 | Fernando Meligeni Fernando Meligeni Fernando Ariel Meligeni , nicknamed Fininho is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.... |
Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
| Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt is a renowned Brazilian sailor, having won two gold medals and two silver medals from four Olympic Games... |
Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
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| Giovane Gavio Giovane Gavio Giovane Farinazzo Gavio is a retired Brazilian volleyball coach and former player, who was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain by defeating The Netherlands in the final.Playing as an outside hitter, Gavio... |
Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive... |
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| 2004 | December 7 | Vanderlei de Lima Vanderlei de Lima Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima is a former long-distance runner who specialised in marathons. He received international renown after a spectator, a laicized Irish priest, attacked him at the 2004 Summer Olympics marathon while he was leading the race at 35 km... |
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| Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt is a renowned Brazilian sailor, having won two gold medals and two silver medals from four Olympic Games... |
Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
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| Torben Grael Torben Grael Torben Schmidt Grael is one of the most well known Brazilian sailors, renowned in international competitions. A descendant of Danes, he was taken sailing by his grandfather at five years old on the sailboat Aileen, of the extinct 6 meter class, which was the boat used by the silver medal winning... |
Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
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| 2005 | December 13 | João Derly João Derly João Derly Nunes Jr. is a male judoka from Brazil, the only Brazilian to ever become a two-time world champion, winning consecutively the 2005 World Judo Championships and 2007 World Judo Championships... |
Judo Judo is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an... |
| Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt is a renowned Brazilian sailor, having won two gold medals and two silver medals from four Olympic Games... |
Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
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| Giba Giba Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba , is a Brazilian professional volleyball player.-Biography:... |
Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive... |
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| 2006 | December 12 | Giba Giba Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba , is a Brazilian professional volleyball player.-Biography:... |
Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive... |
| Torben Grael Torben Grael Torben Schmidt Grael is one of the most well known Brazilian sailors, renowned in international competitions. A descendant of Danes, he was taken sailing by his grandfather at five years old on the sailboat Aileen, of the extinct 6 meter class, which was the boat used by the silver medal winning... |
Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
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| Diego Hypolito Diego Hypolito Diego Matias Hypólito is a Brazilian gymnast and the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to medal at the World Championships... |
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
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| 2007 | December 17 | Thiago Pereira Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is an international competition swimmer from Brazil. He became known in his native country after winning the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2003.Pereira's biggest success came one year... |
Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
| Diego Hypólito Diego Hypolito Diego Matias Hypólito is a Brazilian gymnast and the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to medal at the World Championships... |
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
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| Tiago Camilo Tiago Camilo Tiago Henrique de Oliveira Camilo is a judoka from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the final he was defeated by Italy's Giuseppe Maddaloni... |
Judo Judo is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an... |
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| 2008 | December 16 | César Cielo César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian professional swimmer who specializes in sprint events... |
Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
| Diego Hypólito Diego Hypolito Diego Matias Hypólito is a Brazilian gymnast and the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to medal at the World Championships... |
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
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| Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt is a renowned Brazilian sailor, having won two gold medals and two silver medals from four Olympic Games... |
Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
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| 2009 | December 21 | César Cielo César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian professional swimmer who specializes in sprint events... |
Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
| Diego Hypólito Diego Hypolito Diego Matias Hypólito is a Brazilian gymnast and the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to medal at the World Championships... |
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
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| Torben Grael Torben Grael Torben Schmidt Grael is one of the most well known Brazilian sailors, renowned in international competitions. A descendant of Danes, he was taken sailing by his grandfather at five years old on the sailboat Aileen, of the extinct 6 meter class, which was the boat used by the silver medal winning... |
Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... |
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| 2010 | December 20 | Murilo Endres Murilo Endres Murilo Endres is a Brazilian volleyball player.-Career:With Brazil national team he won five World Leagues , one World Cup and two World Championships . He is the MVP of 2010 WCH and 2010 WL... |
Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive... |
| César Cielo César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian professional swimmer who specializes in sprint events... |
Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
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| Leandro Guilheiro Leandro Guilheiro Leandro Marques Guilheiro is a male judoka from Brazil. He won the bronze medal in the lightweight Leandro Marques Guilheiro (born August 7, 1983 in Suzano) is a male judoka from Brazil. He won the bronze medal in the lightweight Leandro Marques Guilheiro (born August 7, 1983 in Suzano) is a male... |
Judo Judo is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an... |
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Women
| Year | Date | Athlete | Sport |
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| 1999 | December 7 | Maurren Maggi Maurren Maggi Maurren Higa Maggi is a Brazilian athlete and Olympic gold medallist. She is the South American record holder at 100 metres hurdles and at long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metres respectively. She also has 14.53 metres in the triple jump... |
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| Shelda Bede Shelda Bede Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede is a beach volleyball player from Brazil who won silver medals in beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:*... |
Beach volleyball Beach volleyball Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent.... |
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| Daiane dos Santos Daiane dos Santos Daiane Garcia dos Santos is one of Brazil's most successful female gymnasts. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, at age 20, she won the world title on her specialty apparatus, the floor exercise.-Personal life:... |
Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
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| 2000 | December 11 | Leila Barros Leila Barros Leila Gomes de Barros is a Brazilian female volleyball player. She often played as opposite hitter and attacker... |
Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive... |
| Janeth Arcain Janeth Arcain Janeth dos Santos Arcain is a retired Brazilian professional women's basketball player. She played in the United States for the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997–2005.-WNBA career:Arcain was one of the original players selected from the WNBA's inaugural... |
Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... |
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| Shelda Bede Shelda Bede Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede is a beach volleyball player from Brazil who won silver medals in beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:*... |
Beach volleyball Beach volleyball Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent.... |
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| 2001 | December 17 | Daniele Hypólito Daniele Hypolito Daniele Matias Hypólito is a Brazilian gymnast who competed in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Hypólito was the first athlete from Brazil ever to win a medal at the World Championships, a silver on floor exercise in 2001... |
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
| Janeth Arcain Janeth Arcain Janeth dos Santos Arcain is a retired Brazilian professional women's basketball player. She played in the United States for the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997–2005.-WNBA career:Arcain was one of the original players selected from the WNBA's inaugural... |
Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... |
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| Maurren Maggi Maurren Maggi Maurren Higa Maggi is a Brazilian athlete and Olympic gold medallist. She is the South American record holder at 100 metres hurdles and at long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metres respectively. She also has 14.53 metres in the triple jump... |
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| 2002 | December 17 | Daniele Hypólito Daniele Hypolito Daniele Matias Hypólito is a Brazilian gymnast who competed in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Hypólito was the first athlete from Brazil ever to win a medal at the World Championships, a silver on floor exercise in 2001... |
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
| Maurren Maggi Maurren Maggi Maurren Higa Maggi is a Brazilian athlete and Olympic gold medallist. She is the South American record holder at 100 metres hurdles and at long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metres respectively. She also has 14.53 metres in the triple jump... |
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| Adriana Behar Adriana Behar Adriana Brandão Behar is one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation.... |
Beach volleyball Beach volleyball Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent.... |
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| 2003 | December 15 | Daiane dos Santos Daiane dos Santos Daiane Garcia dos Santos is one of Brazil's most successful female gymnasts. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, at age 20, she won the world title on her specialty apparatus, the floor exercise.-Personal life:... |
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
| Janeth Arcain Janeth Arcain Janeth dos Santos Arcain is a retired Brazilian professional women's basketball player. She played in the United States for the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997–2005.-WNBA career:Arcain was one of the original players selected from the WNBA's inaugural... |
Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... |
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| Juliana Veloso Juliana Veloso Juliana Rodrigues Veloso is a female diver from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*... |
Diving Diving Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one... |
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| 2004 | December 7 | Daiane dos Santos Daiane dos Santos Daiane Garcia dos Santos is one of Brazil's most successful female gymnasts. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, at age 20, she won the world title on her specialty apparatus, the floor exercise.-Personal life:... |
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
| Daniele Hypolito Daniele Hypolito Daniele Matias Hypólito is a Brazilian gymnast who competed in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Hypólito was the first athlete from Brazil ever to win a medal at the World Championships, a silver on floor exercise in 2001... |
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
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| Shelda Bede Shelda Bede Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede is a beach volleyball player from Brazil who won silver medals in beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:*... |
Beach volleyball Beach volleyball Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent.... |
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| 2005 | December 13 | Natália Falavigna Natália Falavigna Natália Falavigna da Silva is a taekwondo athlete from Brazil. She finished in the fourth place in the women's 67-kilogram category in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics on August 26, and won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
Taekwondo Taekwondo Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"... |
| Daiane dos Santos Daiane dos Santos Daiane Garcia dos Santos is one of Brazil's most successful female gymnasts. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, at age 20, she won the world title on her specialty apparatus, the floor exercise.-Personal life:... |
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
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| Laís Souza | Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
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| 2006 | December 12 | Laís Souza | Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
| Larissa França Larissa França Larissa França is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Ana Richa.-References:* at the Beach Volleyball Database... |
Beach volleyball Beach volleyball Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent.... |
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| Isabel Clark | Snowboard Snowboard Snowboards are boards, usually with a width the length of one's foot, with the ability to glide on snow. Snowboards are differentiated from monoskis by the stance of the user... |
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| 2007 | December 17 | Jade Barbosa Jade Barbosa Jade Fernandes Barbosa is a Brazilian gymnast.-Junior career:Barbosa won the gold medal in the Junior Championships in the All-Around, Floor, Balance Beam and Vault.... |
Artistic Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
| Fabiana Murer Fabiana Murer Fabiana de Almeida Murer is a Brazilian pole vaulter. She holds the South American record in the event with an indoor best of 4.82 m and an outdoor best of 4.85 m, making her the fourth highest vaulter ever... |
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| 2008 | December 16 | Maurren Maggi Maurren Maggi Maurren Higa Maggi is a Brazilian athlete and Olympic gold medallist. She is the South American record holder at 100 metres hurdles and at long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metres respectively. She also has 14.53 metres in the triple jump... |
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| Ketleyn Quadros Ketleyn Quadros Ketleyn Quadros is a Brazilian judoka. She won the bronze medal in the 57 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and became the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic medal in an individual sport.... |
Judo Judo is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an... |
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| Natália Falavigna Natália Falavigna Natália Falavigna da Silva is a taekwondo athlete from Brazil. She finished in the fourth place in the women's 67-kilogram category in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics on August 26, and won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
Taekwondo Taekwondo Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"... |
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| 2009 | December 21 | Sarah Menezes Sarah Menezes Sarah Menezes is a female judoka from Brazil. She represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
Judo Judo is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an... |
| Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer and Olympian.She competed at the 2008 Olympics, where she finished 7th in the Women's 10K race.... |
Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
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| Natália Falavigna Natália Falavigna Natália Falavigna da Silva is a taekwondo athlete from Brazil. She finished in the fourth place in the women's 67-kilogram category in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics on August 26, and won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
Taekwondo Taekwondo Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"... |
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| 2010 | December 21 | Fabiana Murer Fabiana Murer Fabiana de Almeida Murer is a Brazilian pole vaulter. She holds the South American record in the event with an indoor best of 4.82 m and an outdoor best of 4.85 m, making her the fourth highest vaulter ever... |
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| Juliana Felisberta Juliana Felisberta Juliana Felisberta Silva is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany and the 2009 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stavanger, Norway, partnering Larissa... , Larissa França Larissa França Larissa França is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Ana Richa.-References:* at the Beach Volleyball Database... |
Beach volleyball Beach volleyball Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent.... |
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| Ana Marcela Cunha | Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
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Best athlete per sport
What follows is a list of the sports that had athletes chosen by the Brazilian Olympic Committee as the best in Brazil in each year. For this election, there is no gender seggregation, and only one individual is chosen per sport or category of sports — in some cases, given the Confederations that have authoritiy over several sports, only one athlete is chosen as "best" in that entire Confederation.Although not a winner in a sport-specific category, gymnast Daiane dos Santos
Daiane dos Santos
Daiane Garcia dos Santos is one of Brazil's most successful female gymnasts. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, at age 20, she won the world title on her specialty apparatus, the floor exercise.-Personal life:...
made the shortlist for the female Athlete of the Year as the winner of the previous year's award.
External links
- Official website (Portuguese)