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Brazil At The 1992 Summer Olympics
Brazil competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 182 competitors, 132 men and 50 women, took part in 107 events in 23 sports. Brazilian Team has conquered only 3 medals in Barcelona. It was the lowest number since Montreal 1976, but unlike Montreal, two of the three medals were gold and this is also until the date of the games the best result of the country, as the Barcelona Games was the first without boycotts since the Mexico City games in 1968. The swimmer Gustavo Borges was a silver medalist in men's 100 metre freestyle. It was the first medal won by Borges, who has four Olympic medals (a total record among all Brazilian swimmers). The judoka Rogério Sampaio won the gold medal in men's 65 kg category. In the final, he defeated József Csák from Hungary. Brazil men's national volleyball team made history by conquering the first gold medal ever won by Brazilians not only in Volleyball but also in a team sport event. The team won all the eight matche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Olympic Committee
The Brazilian Olympic Committee or BOC ( pt, Comitê Olímpico do Brasil – COB) 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. It was founded at the headquarters of the Brazilian Federation of Rowing Societies (''Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Remo'') as an initiative from the Metropolitan League of Athletic Sports (''Liga Metropolitana de Esportes Atléticos''). The BOC has multiple sources of income, but its principal means of funding is its 2% share of all the profits from the Brazilian National Lottery and other games of chance. The BOC is presided by Paulo Wanderley Teixeira, and its principal project is the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro. Attributions The BOC is responsible for enrolling Brazilian athletes in every Olympic Games. The policy used by the institution is the "meritoriou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands Men's National Volleyball Team
The Netherlands men's national volleyball team represents the Netherlands in FIVB tournaments. Volleyball is the most popular indoor sport in the country, with over 125,000 associates. The team had their most successful phase beginning in the 1990s under coaches Arie Selinger and Joop Alberda, reaching various finals for international tournaments and winning both the Olympic Games and the World League in 1996. Netherlands in World Championship won silver medal 1994 in Greece. Results Olympic Games Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place World Championship FIVB World Cup World Grand Champions Cup European Championship * 1997 Netherlands — Gold medal *: Peter Blangé, Albert Cristina, Robert van Es, Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor, Guido Görtzen, Jochem de Gruijter, Henk-Jan Held, Reinder Nummerdor FIVB World League Nations League European League Team Current squad The following is the Dutch roster in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amauri Ribeiro
Amauri Ribeiro (born January 23, 1959), known as Amauri, is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, the 1984 Summer Olympics, the 1988 Summer Olympics, and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... In 1980, Amauri was part of the Brazilian team that finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches. Four years later, Amauri won the silver medal with the Brazilian team in the 1984 Olympic tournament. He played five matches. At the 1988 Games, Amauri was a member of the Brazilian team that finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played all seven matches again. Amauri's final Olympic appearance was in Barcelona when he won the gold medal with the Brazilian team in the 1992 Olympic to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tande
Alexandre Ramos Samuel (born March 20, 1970), nickname Tande, is a former Brazilian volleyball player. He began playing volleyball for the Botafogo team when he was 12 years old. Tande won a gold medal with the Brazilian national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 1995, he finished in fifth place with the Brazilian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In 1997, he switched to beach volleyball and partnered with his former teammate, Giovane Gavio Giovane may refer to: * Giovane Élber (born 1972), Élber de Souza, Brazilian football striker * Giovane Gávio (born 1970), Brazilian volleyball coach and player * Giovane Gomes (born 1995), Brazilian football forward * Giovane (footballer, bo .... References External links * * * * * 1970 births Brazilian men's volleyball players Living people Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talmo Oliveira
Talmo Curto de Oliveira (born October 10, 1969), known as Talmo, is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. He was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ... defeating The Netherlands (3-0) in the final. He played as a setter. External links Talmo Oliveira Profile* Brazilian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Brazil Olympic gold medalists for Brazil 1969 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Brazil-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Carlos Gouveia
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 200 since the mid 20th century. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella'. It also has some male derivatives, such as Anthonio, Antón, Antò, Antonis, Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Tono, Toño, Toñín, Tonino, Nantonio, Ninni, Totò, Tó, Tonini, Tony, Toni, Toninho, Toñito, and Tõnis. The Portuguese equivalent is António ( Portuguese orthography) or Antônio ( Brazilian Portuguese). In old Portuguese the form Antão was also used, not just to differentiate between older and younger but also between more and less important. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Chiarotti
Douglas Chiarotti (born November 10, 1970), known as Douglas, is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Douglas was born in Santo André, São Paulo Santo André (, ''Saint Andrew'') is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the Metropolitan area, Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. It is part of a group of municipalities known as the ABC Region. According to the most re ..., Brazil. In 1992, Douglas was part of the Brazilian team that won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played six matches. Eight years later, Douglas finished sixth with the Brazilian team in the 2000 Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches. References * 1970 births Living people Brazilian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Brazil Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janelson Carvalho
Janelson dos Santos Carvalho (born March 24, 1969), known as Janelson, is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... In 1992, Janelson was part of the Brazilian team that won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches. External links * 1969 births Living people Brazilian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Brazil Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Porto Alegre Outside hitters Opposite hitters Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate volleyball players Expatriate volleyball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauricio Lima
Mauricio may refer to: *Mauricio (given name) * Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (born 1988), Brazilian footballer known by the mononym Maurício *Maurício (footballer) Maurício is the Portuguese variant of Mauricio (given name). The diminutive is Maurinho. Sportspeople with the name include: *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior, Brazilian footballer in Greece * Maurício Copertino, Brazilian footballer *Mauríci ... (Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, born 1988), Brazilian footballer * 216428 Mauricio {{disambiguation, hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Andre Silva
Paulo André Jukoski da Silva (born December 24, 1963), known as Paulão, is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... He was born in Porto Alegre. In 1988 he was part of the Brazilian team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played all seven matches. Four years later he won the gold medal with the Brazilian team in the 1992 Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches. At the 1996 Games he was a member of the Brazilian team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played seven matches. References * 1963 births Living people Brazilian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovane Gávio
Giovane Farinazzo Gavio (born September 7, 1970 in Juiz de Fora), known as Giovane, 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 (3-0) in the final. Playing as an outside hitter, Gavio competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Later on he started a career in beach volleyball. As of the present day, he is the head coach of Superliga's most recent champions, SESI São Paulo. He is the only Brazilian player (and second overall, after Javier Weber Carlos Javier Weber (born 6 January 1966) is an Argentine professional volleyball coach and former player, a former member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team, Argentina national team. Weber represented his native country in 3 Olympi ...) to win the Superliga both as player and coach. Individual awards * '' 1989 FIVB World C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
