Prêmio Brasil Olímpico
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Prêmio Brasil Olímpico (which can be translated as National Olympic Prize) is the name given to the highest recognition that a Brazilian athlete can receive nationally.
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[edit] History and Configuration
The award was created in 1999 by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC), who wanted to have a form of maximum recognition that could be bestowed upon the Brazilian athletes that were considered to have been the best in the country.
The first installment of the award was held in São Paulo, but every other ceremony thereafter has been held in Rio de Janeiro.
In order to be eligible, an athlete must be affiliated to a sport's Confederation whose sport is part of the Olympic Program. The athlete is then nominated by his or her Confederation for a vote that will determine the best athlete in the country for each sport — some Confederations have nominated only one athlete at times, which results in the need for only one vote in order for the athlete to be chosen as the best in the country.
The winners of each sport's election integrate the longlist for the highest award to be granted: the Athlete of the Year award. From the longlist, three finalists (or nominees) are selected, with the winner announced only at the Award Ceremony, which takes place in the first half of December. It is also possible that an athlete that may not have won in his or her sport (which serves as a longlist for the Athlete of the Year award), still be included in the shortlist, if said athlete is the winner of the previous year award. This was done in 2005, when female gymnast Daiane dos Santos, although not having won in her sport's category, was included in the shortlist for the female award as the winner of the 2004 award — this resulted in the unusual circumstance of having two athletes from the same sport running for the same award, since gymnast Laís Souza was also nominated for the female Athlete of the Year award.
A noteworthy discrepancy is that, in the election for best athlete in each sport, men and women run together (there is only one "best athlete" in each sport, man or woman), but for the nomination for Best Athlete of the Year, there are separate categories for male and female athletes. This has the effect of ensuring a variety of sports amidst the six athletes (between men and women) that run for the two awards, since no sport will have two nominees (one male and one female).
In the election, the candidates are voted on by two separate groups: a selected jury (chosen by the BOC) and the popular vote, both voting online. The results are then combined and the winner, chosen.
In addition, there is another award, which can be granted to both athletes and non-athletes: the Personalidade Olímpica (Olympic Personality) Award. This is granted to any public figure whose efforts were deemed to have helped advance sport in the country.
In 2004, for the first time, awards were given for the Best Paralympic Athlete of the Year (also seggreagating men and women).
[edit] Best Athlete of the Year
[edit] Men
| Year | Date | Athlete | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | December 7 | Gustavo Kuerten | Tennis |
| 2000 | December 11 | Gustavo Kuerten | Tennis |
| 2001 | December 17 | Robert Scheidt | Sailing, Laser |
| 2002 | December 17 | Nalbert Bitencourt | Volleyball |
| 2003 | December 15 | Fernando Meligeni | Tennis |
| 2004 | December 7 | Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima | Athletics, Marathon |
| 2005 | December 13 | João Derly | Judo |
[edit] Women
| Year | Date | Athlete | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | December 7 | Maurren Maggi | Athletics, Long jump |
| 2000 | December 11 | Leila Lopes | Volleyball |
| 2001 | December 17 | Janeth Arcain | Basketball |
| 2002 | December 17 | Daniele Hypólito | Gymnastics, Artistic |
| 2003 | December 15 | Daiane dos Santos | Gymnastics, Artistic |
| 2004 | December 7 | Daiane dos Santos | Gymnastics, Artistic |
| 2005 | December 13 | Natália Falavigna | Taekwondo |
[edit] Best Athlete per sport
What follows is a list of the sports that had athletes chosen by the Brazilian Olympic Committee as the best in Brazil in each year. For this election, there is no gender seggregation, and only one individual is chosen per sport or category of sports — in some cases, given the Confederations that have authoritiy over several sports, only one athlete is chosen as "best" in that entire Confederation.
Legend:
1 Athlete of the Year
2 Nominated (shortlist)
[edit] 2005
| Sport | Athlete |
|---|---|
| Acrobatic Trampoline | Anna Paula Milazzo Chaves Fernandes |
| Archery | Leonardo Lacerda Carvalho |
| Athletics | Jadel Gregório |
| Badminton | Renata Faustino da Silva |
| Baseball | Renan Issamu Sato |
| Basketball | Leandro Mateus Barbosa |
| Beach Volleyball | Juliana Felisberta da Silva |
| Boxing | Myke Michel Ribeiro de Carvalho |
| Canoeing – Slalom | Gustavo Selbach |
| Canoeing – Sprint | Sebastian Cuattrin |
| Cycling – racing | Murilo Antonio Fischer |
| Cycling – Mountain Biking | Jacqueline Mourão |
| Cycling – Track | Janildes Fernandes da Silva |
| Diving | Juliana Rodrigues Veloso |
| Equestrian – dressage | Pia Aragão |
| Equestrian – Eventing | Raul Bernardo Nelson de Senna Neto |
| Equestrian – Show jumping | Rodrigo de Paula Pessoa |
| Fencing | Renzo Pasquali Zeglio Agresti |
| Fighting | Rosângela da Silva Conceição |
| Football | Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (Ronaldinho) |
| Gymnastics – rhythmic | Ana Paula Norbim Pádua Ribeiro |
| Gymnastics – artistic | Laís da Silva Souza 2 |
| Handball | Idalina Mesquita |
| Indoor field hockey | Juliana Gelbcke de Oliveira |
| Judo | João Derly de Oliveira Nunes Júnior 1 |
| Modern Pentathlon | Yane Marcia Campos da Fonseca Marques |
| Swimming | Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida |
| Synchronized swimming | Nayara Leite Figueira |
| Rowing | Fabiana Beltrame |
| Sailing | Robert Scheidt 2 |
| Shooting | Roberta Luz Cabo |
| Snow sports | Isabel Clark Ribeiro |
| Sports on Ice | Renato Yromi Gimenez Mizoguchi |
| Softball | Priscila Yukari Okamoto |
| Taekwondo | Natália Falavigna da Silva 1 |
| Table Tennis | Hugo Hoyama |
| Tennis | Thiago Alves |
| Triathlon | Carla Moreno |
| Volleyball | Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho (Giba) 2 |
| Water Polo | Camila Hermeto Pedrosa |
| Weightlifting | Liliane Menezes Lacerda |
Note:Although not a winner in a sport-specific category, gymnast Daiane dos Santos made the shortlist for the female Athlete of the Year as the winner of the previous year's award.
[edit] External links and references
All the pages listed here are in Portuguese.
