athletics

notes
• Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (triple
jump), Giovane Gavio and
Maurício Camargo (volleyball),
Robert Scheidt, Torben Grael and
Marcelo Ferreira (sailing) are the
Brazilian two-times Olympic
champions. Adhemar won the
gold medal at Helsinki 1952 and
Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games.
Giovane and Mauricio conquered
the gold in Barcelona 1992 and
Athens 2004. Robert Scheidt won
the gold in Atlanta 1996 and
Athens 2004 in the Laser class.
The twosome Torben Grael /
Marcelo Ferreira conquered the
gold medal in Atlanta 1996 and
Athens 2004.
• The triple jump is the event with
the highest number of Olympic
medals for Brazil. They account
for a total of 6: two gold ones
with Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
in Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne
1956; one silver medal with
Nelson Prudêncio at the Mexico
City Games in 1968, and three
bronze medals - one with
Nelson Prudêncio in Munich
1972 and two with João Carlos
de Oliveira in Montreal 1976
and Moscow 1980.
• In Melbourne 1956 for the first
time a Brazilian father and his
son participated of the same
edition of the Olympic Games:
José Aristides Jofre, the boxing
coach commanded his son Éder
who didn’t win a medal then but
would become a world champion
in two different categories.
• The sailor Robert Scheidt is the
only Brazilian athlete to reach
the podium at four consecutive
Olympic Games editions, with
two gold medals and two silver
ones.
• The rider Rodrigo Pessoa and the
table tennis player Hugo Hoyama
will compete in the Olympic
Games for the sixth consecutive
time. Both made their debut at
the Barcelona Games in 1992 and
in London they will match the
mark obtained by the
yachtsman Torben Grael, up to
now the Brazilian athlete with
the highest number of Olympic
participations and with the
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greatest number of medals –
five (two gold, one silver and
two bronze ones).
• At the Beijing Olympic Games
2008 Brazil reached the podium
for the first time at an individual
female event with the young
judo athlete Ketleyn Quadros
who won the bronze medal in
the lightweight category. This
feat was repeated by Natalia
Falavigna of the taekwondo
with the third place (bronze) in
the - 67kg category and by
Maurren Maggi, gold medal in
athletics with the long jump.
• Out of the 91 Brazilian medals in
the Brazilian Olympic history,
sixteen were obtained by
women. Three gold ones in
athletics and in volleyball in
Beijing 2008 and in the beach
volleyball in Atlanta 1996. The
six silver medals were: two in
beach volleyball and basketball
in Atlanta 1996, one in beach
volleyball in Sydney 2000, two in
beach volleyball and football in
Athens 2004 and one in football