Friday, September 10, 2010

Fun Facts About Olympic Nations - Brazil

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Brazil hosted the FIFA World Cup 2014 Cup.The FIFA Executive Committee decided that in South America, the tournament host. FIFA President Sepp Blatter said: "The work was not easy - for us it was a real challenge to the basic requirements are the same list and the same conditions for a single candidate, that if two of us and maybe you set the top bar, that if we had two. It 'was an extraordinary presentation by the delegation and we witnessedthat this World Cup is a great social and cultural impact in Brazil. "The World Cup is the most watched event in the world.

Joao Carlos de Oliveira 1975, he founded a new world record in the triple jump with a distance of 17.89 m. It 'was the flagship of the Brazilian Olympic team for the Games of the XXI Olympiad in Canada in 1976.

1963 Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil instead.

Bernardo Rocha de Rezende is one of the top volleyball coaches in the world. HeBorn in Rio de Janeiro. Once said: "After the first very important victories, the biggest problem to overcome the 'environment changes around the team. If players change their attitude, the company loses the discipline - the winning teams suddenly disappear." In the 1970s and early 80s Bernard was one of the greatest volleyball player in the world, such as Karch Kiraly (USA) and Oleg Alekseevich Moliboga (USSR / Russia).

Brazil is the birthplace of Edson Arantes dosNascimento, best described as "Pele called. He was the greatest player of all time.

Carlos Arthur Nuzman is one of the best leaders in the Olympic world. He was born March 17, 1942 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1960 he was a member of the Brazilian national volleyball team. He won the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo (Japan). From 1975-1995, he was elected president of Brazil Volleyball Confederation.Under his leadership, Brazil has won numerous international titles:Championships in South America (15 titles), Pan American Games (1 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze), World Championships (two gold, six silver, five bronze medals) Olympics (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). Currently, Carlos is the president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB). In 2007 he organized the Pan American Games for the second time in Brazil. Brazil was chosen host of the 2007 Pan American Games, Carlos Nuzman said: "It 's been the victory of the best projects and best proposals.The 2007 Games will shape the history of Brazilian sport and we will work hard to achieve the best ever Pan American Games. "In the years 1970, 1980 and 1990, has organized several tournaments:

1977-FIVB World Youth Championship (Rio de Janeiro)
1981-South Italian volleyball (Santo Andre)
Pre-World Cup 1982 (Rio de Janeiro)
-The Copa America 1983 (Sao Paulo)
1989-The South American Volleyball(Curitiba)
1989-Girls' U-18 World Cup (Foz de Iguazu)
- In 1991 South American Championship (St. Paul)
In 1993-the FIVB the World Youth Championship (Sao Paulo)
The 1990 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Cup (Brasilia)
The Women's World Cup Volleyball 1994 - (Sao Paulo).

Robert Scheidt (sailing) was named the bishop of the Brazilian Olympic team to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Robert was twice Olympic champion (1996, 2004).

ThisLatin American country has won 13 Olympic medals from 1920 to 1972 ...

The Brazilian women's basketball team won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Player Hortencia de Fatima Marcaria Oliva, Maria Paula Goncalves da Silva, Claudia Maria Pastor, Cintia Silva Dos Santos, Santos Silvia Andrea Luz Janet Arcaine dos Santos, Marta de Souza Sobral Alessandra Santos de Oliveira, Maria Angelica were Goncalves da Silva Ariana Aparecida dos Santos, Leila de Souza Sobral, Roseli doGustavo Carmo.

Brazil to host the 15th FIBA World Championship for Women in 2006. Was held for the fourth time the event in Brazil.

The South American country sent 12 athletes to the Olympic Games 1972 in Monaco They were: Ruy Aquino Oliveira, Romulo Arantes Junior, Paulo Becskehazy Jose Diniz Aranha, Sylvio Fiolo Jose Alfredo Carlos Machado, Antonio Rocha Azevedo, Sergio Waissmann, Paulo Zanetti, Cristina Bassani Texeira, Maria Isabel Guerra, Lucy Burle Maurity.

TheBrazilian men's basketball team won the 1963 World Cup
Final score:

1.Brazil
2.Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
3.USSR (now Russia)
4.United Member
5.France
6.Puerto Rico
7.Italy
8.Argentina
9.Mexico
10.Uruguay
11.Canada
12.Peru
13.Japan

The 1963 World University Games were held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, between August 30 and September 8.

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