Jefferson Bispo Lacerda (born January 28, 1962) is a Brazilian
sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed in the early 1990s. At 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
Barcelona, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the
K-2 500 m event and the
K-2 1000 m events.
Jefferson was instrumental in giving visibility to
Ubaitaba
Ubaitaba is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.
See also
*List of municipalities in Bahia
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Bahia (BA), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Bahia is ...
's competitive canoeing and kayaking.
References
1962 births
Brazilian male canoeists
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Brazil
20th-century Brazilian sportspeople
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