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Brazil At The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Brazil participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde .... The Brazilian squad consisted of 81 athletes competing in 18 sports: aquatics (diving, swimming), athletics, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, handball, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis, tennis, and triathlon. Medalists Athletics Boys ;Track and road events ;Field events Girls ;Track and road events ;Field events Basketball Girls Boxing ;Boys Canoeing ;Boys Cycling ;Cross country ;Time trial ;BMX ;Road race ;Overall Diving ;Boys ;Girls Equestrian Fencing ;Group stage ;Knock-out stage Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics ;Boys ;Girls Trampol ... [...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] |
