What About Brazil » cob http://www.whataboutbrazil.com We provide interesting information and news from Brazil. Learn about biodiesel, sports, culture, politics, portuguese and much more. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:47:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics http://www.whataboutbrazil.com/brazil-at-the-2008-summer-olympics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brazil-at-the-2008-summer-olympics http://www.whataboutbrazil.com/brazil-at-the-2008-summer-olympics/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:36:46 +0000 Thiago Prado http://www.whataboutbrazil.com/?p=382 In 1920 was the first time Brazil participated at the Olympic Games, except for the 1928 Games Brazil has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. Since 1992 Brazil has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games.

Brazil has won a total of 91 medals, with sailing, volleyball, and judo as the top medal-producing sports.

The country is represented by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB – Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro), and was created in 1914 and recognized in 1935.

Brazil medals in Beijing 2008:

Brazil ended the Olympics in Beijing with less gold medals than in Athens (5 in 2004 and only 3 in 2008) and drop some positions in relation to 1996.

Brazil finished in 23th place, with three gold, four silver and eight bronzes, with a total of 15 medals, repeating the record reached in Atlanta-1996.

SPORT GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Judo 0 0 3 3
Volleyball 1 1 0 2
Swimming 1 0 1 2
Beach Volleyball 0 1 1 2
Soccer 0 1 1 2
Sailing 0 1 1 2
Track & Field 1 0 0 1
Taekwondo 0 0 1 1
Total 3 4 8 15
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The federal deputy Fernando Gabeira (PV), candidate for the mayoralty of Rio de Janeiro, proposed to the President of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), Carlos Arthur Nuzman, this Thursday, that all employees of hotels and taxi companies should study English and Spanish. This would be one of the measures proposed by him to improve the infrastructure of the city to the achievement of the Olympic Games in 2016.

Gabeira argued that the reform of Tom Jobim International Airport is held by private initiative, in addition to the change in signalling the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

Gabeira believes that the legacy of sporting events should remain for the population. “We must transform the practice of sports in the city. We have to be just the scenario of the Olympics. Rio has to develop water sports for example. There are many pools idle in the city,” he said.

Other candidates for the mayoralty of Rio will attend the same presentation. The goal of the COB is starting to partnership with a new mayor that will take possession in 2009, the year that will be decided which city will host the Olympics in 2016.

Alessandro Molon (PT), Eduardo Serra (PCBs) and Jandira Feghali (PC do B) have already made their presentations. Filipe Pereira (PSC), however, could not attend the event as planned. He would accompany the presentation at 11am (Brasilia), but failed. The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) has not yet announced a new date and time for the next meeting with the candidate.

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