Fun facts about Olympic Nations – Brazil

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Brazil will host of the FIFA 2014 football World Cup.The FIFA Executive Committee decided that South America will host the tournament. FIFA President Sepp Blatter said, "the task was not easy - for us it was a real challenge have same list of requirements and for only one candidate than if we had two and maybe we later put the bar, as if we two same conditions." "There was an extraordinary presentation of the delegation, and we see that as a major social and cultural impact in Brazil will have this World Championship." The World Cup is the most-watched event in the world.

In 1975, João Carlos de Oliveira set a new world record in the triple jump with a distance of 17, 89 m. 1976 he was the standard-bearer of the Brazilian Olympic team at the games of the XXI Olympiad in Canada.

Were the 1963 Pan American Games held in São Paulo, Brazil.

Bernardo Rocha de Rezende is one of the best volleyball coaches in the world. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. He once said: "after the first very important victories, the biggest problem was to overcome the changing environment around the team." "When the players change their attitude the firm discipline lose - the victorious teams suddenly disappear." In the 1970s and early 1980s, Bernardo was one of the largest volleyball player in the world such as such as Karch Kiraly (United States) and Oleg Alekseyevich Moliboga (USSR/Russia).

Brazil is the birthplace of Edson ARANTES DOS Nascimento, known as "Pelé". He is the greatest football player of all time.

Carlos Arthur Nuzman is one of the best Olympic leaders in the world. Born on 17 March 1942 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the 1960s, he was a member of the Brazilian national team. He won at the Olympics in 1964 in Tokyo (Japan). From 1975 to 1995, he was the President of the Brazilian volleyball Confederation.Under of his leadership, Brazil won many international titles: South American Championships (15 titles), Pan American Games (1 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze medals), World Championships (2 Gold, 6 Silver, 5 bronze medals), Olympics (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). Carlos is currently President of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB). In 2007 he organized the Pan American Games for the second time in Brazil. If host the Pan American Games 2007 was elected Brazil, Carlos Nuzman, said: "it was the win for the best project and best proposals." "The games of 2007 shaped the history of Brazilian sport want to and we will hard work to recognize the best Pan American Games of all time".In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, he organized many tournaments:

-The 1977 FIVB World Youth Championship (Rio de Janeiro)
-The 1981 South American Volleyball Championship (Santo André)
-The pre World Championship 1982 (Rio de Janeiro)
-1983 South American Championship (São Paulo)
-The 1989 South American Volleyball Championship (Curitiba)
-The 1989 girls U-18 World Championship (Foz de Iguazu)
-The 1991 South American Championship (São Paulo)
-The 1993 FIVB Youth World Cup (São Paulo)
-The 1990 FIVB men's Volleyball World Cup (Brazil)
-1994 FIVB women's Volleyball World Championship (São Paulo).

Robert Scheidt (sailing) was the flag bearer of the Brazilian Olympic team for the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing. Robert was twice Olympic gold medalist (1996, 2004).

In this Latin American country won 13 Olympic medals from 1920 up 1972.

The Brazilian women's basketball team won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in 1996. The players were Hortencia de Fatima Marcari Oliva, Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva, Claudia Maria pastor, Cintia Silva dos Santos, Silvia Andrea Santos Luz, Janet dos Santos Arcain, Martha de Souza Sobral, Alexandra Santos de Oliveira, Maria Angelica Gonçalves da Silva dos Santos, Ariana Aparecida de Souza Leila Sobral, Roseli do Carmo Gustavo.

Brazil hosted the 15th FIBA World Championship for women in 2006. It was the fourth time that event in Brazil took place.

This South American country sent 12 swimmers for the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. They were: Ruy Aquino Oliveira, Paulo Becskehazy, Romulo ARANTES junior and José Diniz Aranha, José Sylvio Fiolo, Alfredo Carlos Machado, Antonio Rocha Azevedo, Sergio Waissmann, Paulo Zanetti, Texeira Cristina Bassani, Maria Isabel Guerra, Lucy Maurity Burle.

The Brazilian men's national team won the World Championship in 1963.
Final score:

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

1963 Alegre, Brazil, took place in Porto World University Games between August 30 and September 8.

Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer. Alejandro is Italian, African and Peruvian descent. He published more than seventy-five studies in English, and more than twenty in Spanish, on the problems in the world, Olympic sports, countries, and tourism. His next essay is called "The dictator and Alicia Alonso". He is an expert on Foreign Affairs. Alejandro is the first author who has published a world book encyclopedia in Latin America.

He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), José Gamarra (former President of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, 1970-1982), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the United States) and Jimmy Carter (former President of the United States). Alejandro said: "The person I admire the most is José Gamarra." He dedicated his professional and personal life sport. José played an important role in the promotion of the Olympic in Bolivia - it is one of the poorest countries of the third world and Latin America. "His biography is interesting." The sportsman he most admire is Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman. "This African-American athlete is my idol..." "