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Abílio Brandão
Portugal competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. A delegation of forty eight competitors participated in eight sports, with an equestrian and sailing teams winning both a bronze and Portugal's first Olympic silver medal, respectively. This was also the first Olympics where this nation won more than one medal. Medalists Silver * Duarte de Almeida Bello and Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello — Sailing, Swallow (Golondrina). Bronze * Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — Equestrian, Team Dressage. Athletics Men's 100m: * J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 11) Men's 200m: * J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 3) Men's Long Jump: * A. Pereira Dias Cachulo — qualifiers Men's Triple Jump: * Luís Alcide de Nunes Garcia — qualifiers * João Rodrigues Vieira — qualifiers Equestrian Men's Individual Dressage: * Fernando Paes — 9th (411 points) * Francisco Valadas, Jr. — 10th (405 points) * Luís ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Committee Of Portugal
The Olympic Committee of Portugal ( ; acronym: COP) is a non-profit organisation of public utility, which serves as the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Portugal. It was founded on October 26, 1909, to ensure a timely, methodical and state-sponsored participation at the Games of the V Olympiad, in Stockholm. Thus, it was the 13th nation to join the Olympic Movement. As a NOC, its responsibilities include the setup and management of a delegation for the Olympic Games, and fundraising to support Olympic-related sports development programmes, by cooperation with public and private entities. A universe of 64 national sports federations is assembled under the COP's wing as members with voting power. This intimate relationship with the federations helps carrying their interests close to the government and official organisms, and ensures their active and decisive intervention on the committee's internal affairs. The current president is José Manuel Constantino, who was elected in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |