Brazil By Emma Williams And Hildie Winslade

2008 Olympic Results. Track & Field Gold 3, Silver 3, Bronze 7. Basketball Silver 1, Bronze 4. Boxing Bronze 1. Horse Riding Gold 1, Bronze 2. Judo Gold 2, Silver 3, Bronze 7. Shooting Gold 1, Silver 1, Bronze 1. Soccer Silver 3, Bronze 1. Swimming Silver 3, Bronze 6. Volleyball Gold 4, Silver 5, Bronze 3. Sailing Gold 6, Silver 2, Bronze 6.

Brazil At The Olympics 2008 Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China in August, Brazilian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1920, except the 1928 Summer Olympics. The country is represented by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB - Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro). Brazil headed to the Beijing Games with its largest Olympic delegation ever, 277 athletes, including a record 132 women.[1] Brazil was the 39th nation to enter the Beijing National Stadium during the Olympic Opening Ceremony, with the presence of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Lula and Carlos Arthur Nuzman, president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, lobbied for Rio de Janeiro's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] Sailor Robert Scheidt (1996, 2000 and 2004 medalist) was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony[2], and Maurren Maggi, who became the first Brazilian woman to win a gold medal with her victory in Beijing's Long Jump competition, carried the flag at the closing ceremony. Compared to the previous games in Athens, the Brazilian delegation obtained more medals (15 in total, equalling its record from Atlanta), but dropped seven positions in the ranking as it managed to win the gold medal only three times, instead of the previous five. All three golds came from competitions in which Brazil had never won before in the Olympic Games: Swimming, Women's Long Jump and Women's volleyball. These games will also be remembered by the strong performance of Brazilian women, who not only won their first three medals in individual events (including a gold), but also won more gold medals than the men, a first.

The Brazilian Olympic Team.

Jiu Jitsu Brazilian Jiu Jitsu originated in Brazil in the 1910s, and emphasizes ground fighting techniques and submission holds involving joint-locks and chokeholds. Gracie Jiu Jitsu became known internationally in the 1990s, due to the very skilled fighters in the Gracie family, namely Helio Gracie, Royce Gracie and Rickson Gracie, which are also responsible for spreading the practice of Vale tudo, meaning "anything goes", seen today in tournaments such as PRIDE and Ultimate Fighting. Some notable Brazilian fighters in these tournaments include Anderson Silva, Wanderlei Silva and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Helio Gracie had a rather small build and changed Jiu-Jitsu (that came from Japan) to be used by anyone in a real fight situation. The belt progression goes in the following order: White, Blue, Purple, Brown, Black, Red- black, Red. Helio and Rorion Gracie are the only red belts.

Brazilian Snooker Sinuca Brasileira is a Brazilian variant of snooker, a cue sport. Sinuca differs from snooker primarily in having one instead of fifteen red balls, in addition to the "colour balls", but there are some unique rules as well.

Capoeira. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art marked by deft, tricky movements often played on the ground or completely inverted. It also has a strong acrobatic component in some versions and is always played with music. It is a culturally significant sport, developed in colonial times by slaves. Nowadays Capoeira is practiced internationally and found its way into popular culture through many computer games and movies.

Brazilian Football. Association football is the prominent sport in Brazil. The National Team has won the FIFA World Cup tournament a record five times, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002 and is the only team to have never missed a World Cup participation, and to be among the favorites to win the trophy every time the competition is scheduled. Pelé, one of the most recognized footballers in history, led Brazil to two of those championships and is the top scorer of all time in the sport. After Brazil won its third World Cup, they kept the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently. All of the contemporary talents in the national team prominent in the football world include Romário, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaká. Some of these players can be considered super-stars, achieving celebrity status internationally and signing sports contracts, as well as advertisement and endorsement contracts, in the value of millions of dollars. The governing body of football in Brazil is the Brazilian Football Confederation.

Footvolley. Footvolley was created in Brazil in the mid-1960s with informal rules and became popular in the 1980s — when volleyball was popularized in that country. Footvolley may have started in Rio de Janeiro; but cities like Recife, Salvador, Santos, and Florianopolis have players who have been playing footvolley since the 1970s.

Frescobol. Frescobol is a sport played throughout the beaches of Brazil. The sport was and still is played with the original wooden bats that are manufactured in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

Pictures. Capoeira Brazilian Snooker Jiu Jitsu Foot Volley

More Pictures. Frescobol Brazilian Football.

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