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Overview of sports traditions and activities in Brazil

Sports in Brazil are those that are widely practiced and popular in the 💴 country, as well as others which originated there or have some cultural significance.

Brazilians are heavily involved in sports.

Football is the 💴 most popular sport in Brazil.

Other than football, sports like volleyball, mixed martial arts, basketball, tennis, and motor sports, especially Formula 💴 One, enjoy high levels of popularity.

Great players like Neymar have devoted their life to sports and became a celebrity.

Sports [ 💴 edit ]

Pelé celebrating the victory of Brazil in the FIFA World Cup.

Football is the most popular sport in Brazil.

The Brazil 💴 national football team, governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, has won the FIFA World Cup a record 5 times, 💴 in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002,[1] and is the only team to succeed in qualifying for every FIFA World 💴 Cup competition ever held.

Brazil also hosted the 1950 and 2014 World Cups, becoming the only country in South America to 💴 have hosted two World Cups (Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile being the other former hosts).

It is among the favorites to win 💴 the trophy every time the competition is scheduled.

After Brazil won its third World Cup in 1970, they were awarded the 💴 Jules Rimet Trophy, when Pelé, one of the most recognized football players in history and all-time top scorer in the 💴 sport, led Brazil to three of those championships.

The national football team has also won the Copa América 9 times, the 💴 Olympic football tournament twice and is the most successful team in the FIFA Confederations Cup, with 4 titles.

All of the 💴 leading players in the national teams are prominent in the football world, including Pelé, Zico, Garrincha, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Romário, 💴 Ronaldinho, Taffarel, Falcão, Rivaldo and Neymar in the men's game, and Marta in the women's game.

Some of these players can 💴 be considered super-stars, achieving celebrity status internationally and signing multi-million club contracts, as well as advertisement and endorsement deals.

Brazil invented 💴 some variations of football, such as beach soccer and footvolley.

Futsal, having been invented in Uruguay, neighboring Brazil, is also widely 💴 practiced in the country, mainly in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, neighboring Uruguay.[2]

In futsal, Brazil is one of 💴 the greatest world powers.

Before the Fifa Era, there were three World Cups, organized by the former International Federation of Indoor 💴 Soccer (Fifusa), where Brazil was world champion twice.

Brazil is the biggest champion of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, with 5 💴 titles.

Falcão is the most renowned male Brazilian player.[3]

In beach soccer, Brazil is among the world's greatest powers, being the biggest 💴 champion of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, with 5 titles.

In addition, it has nine world titles from the former 💴 competition organized by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the Beach Soccer World Championships.[4]

Footvolley is a recreational sport widely practiced on Brazilian 💴 beaches, mainly in Rio de Janeiro, where it was invented.

It was created by Octavio de Moraes in the 1970s.

It is 💴 a mix of football and volleyball, where the players must use their feet and head to get the ball over 💴 the net and into the opponent's side, and is played on the beaches.

It is one of the most popular beach 💴 sports in Brazil.

Footvolley started out with 5 players on each team but later got cut to 2 players on each 💴 team and is still so to this day.

[5]Capoeira [ edit ]

Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of 💴 dance and music, and is marked by deft, tricky movements that are 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 jiu-jitsu, vale tudo, and mixed martial arts [ edit ]

Mixed martial arts is one of the most 💴 popular sports in Brazil.

It is considered to be only behind football in terms in national popularity.[6]

Brazilian jiu-jitsu originated in Brazil 💴 in the 1910s, and emphasizes ground fighting techniques and submission holds involving joint-locks and chokeholds.

Hélio Gracie had a rather small 💴 build and changed jiu-jitsu (originating from Japan) to be used by anyone in a real fight situation.

The belt progression system 💴 goes in the following order: White, Blue, Purple, Brown, Black, Red-black, and Red.

Gracie Jiu Jitsu became known internationally in the 💴 1990s, due to the very skilled fighters in the Gracie family, namely Hélio Gracie, Royce Gracie, and Rickson Gracie, which 💴 are also responsible for spreading the practice of vale tudo, meaning "anything goes", which evolved into mixed martial arts tournaments 💴 such as PRIDE, DREAM, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Many Brazilian fighters have become significant figures in various mixed martial art 💴 tournaments abroad, some notable Brazilian fighters in these tournaments include Anderson Silva, Wanderlei Silva, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Vitor Belfort, Mauricio 💴 Rua, José Aldo, Murilo Bustamante, Junior dos Santos, Rafael dos Anjos, Fabricio Werdum, Lyoto Machida, Alex Pereira and Amanda Nunes.

[7][8][9][10]Volleyball 💴 [ edit ]

Giba is the most popular volleyball player of Brazil.

Sheilla is considered one of the greatest players in the 💴 country's history.

Brazil is the most successful country in volleyball.[11][12][13]

The Brazil men's national volleyball team is currently the champion in 3 💴 competitions, the Volleyball World Cup, the Volleyball World Championship and the Olympic Volleyball Tournament, and is ranked number 1 in 💴 the FIVB World Rankings.

Here is a record for achievements of the Brazilian men's volleyball team:Olympics:

Gold (1992, 2004, 2016)

Silver (1984, 2008, 💴 2012)World Championship:

Gold (2002, 2006, 2010)

Silver (1982, 2014, 2018)Bronze (2022)World Cup:

Gold (2003, 2007, 2019)

Gold (1993, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 💴 2009, 2010)Gold (2021)

Gold (1997, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017)

The Brazil women's national volleyball team is ranked number 4 in the FIVB 💴 World Rankings.

Here is a record for achievements of the Brazilian women's volleyball team:Olympics:Gold (2008, 2012)Silver (2020)Bronze (1996, 2000)World Championship:

Silver (1994, 💴 2006, 2010, 2022)Bronze (2014)

Gold (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2017)

Silver (2019, 2021, 2022)Gold (2005, 2013)

Brazilian 💴 younger teams maintain the same success rate as the senior squads.

As of March 25, 2007, in the FIVB men ranking 💴 for junior and youth, Brazil is placed first for women, while the men are placed second.

Today, Brazil is the ruling 💴 country in volleyball, and it is Brazil's second most popular sport.

Brazil has professional volleyball team competitions: the Superliga Masculina de 💴 Vôlei and its female counterpart, Superliga Feminina de Vôlei.

Among the most successful teams are Minas, Banespa, and Santo André for 💴 the male league, and Rexona, Osasco, and Flamengo for the female league.

Beach Volleyball [ edit ]

Brazil is one of the 💴 strongest countries in the world in beach volleyball, a sport widely practiced in the country due to its long coastline, 💴 mainly in Rio de Janeiro, on the coast of Santa Catarina, and in the Northeast Region of the country.

Until the 💴 2020 Olympic Games, the country had 2 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze in the men's modality, and 1 gold, 💴 4 silvers and 2 bronzes in the women's modality.

In world championships, Brazil has already won numerous titles.

[14]Basketball [ edit ]

Hortência 💴 Marcari is one of Brazil's best basketball players.

Basketball is the third most popular sport in Brazil.

The Brazilian national basketball team 💴 has won the Basketball World Championship twice, in 1959 and 1963.

They have also been runners-up on two occasions in 1954 💴 and 1970, as well as coming third on two occasions in 1967 and 1978, meaning that the Brazilian national basketball 💴 team has won in total six medals at the Basketball World Championship.

The Brazilian national basketball team has also won three 💴 Olympic bronze medals (1948, 1960, 1964) and total of nine medals at the FIBA Americas Championship, three gold (1984, 2005, 💴 2009) two silver (1988, 2001), and four bronze (1989, 1992, 1995, 1997).

Oscar Schmidt is the most renowned male Brazilian player, 💴 and Hortência Marcari the most renowned female.

Both were inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the FIBA 💴 Hall of Fame.[15][16]

The major basketball leagues are called Novo Basquete Brasil – the men's tournament – and Liga de Basquete 💴 Feminino – the female tournament.

Various famous Brazilian players play in those leagues.

In addition, on the men's side, various players are 💴 competing in the National Basketball Association and European leagues.

A record nine Brazilians were on NBA rosters at the start of 💴 the 2015–16 season-Leandro Barbosa, Bruno Caboclo, Cristiano Felício, Marcelo Huertas, Nenê, Raul Neto, Lucas Nogueira, Tiago Splitter, and Anderson Varejão.

[17] 💴 On the women's side, players like Izi Castro Marques and Érika de Souza compete in the WNBA.

Motorsport [ edit ]

Autódromo 💴 José Carlos Pace, venue for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Ayrton Senna, the most successful Brazilian driver in Formula One.

Brazil has produced 💴 three Formula One world champions: Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and 1974), Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983 and 1987), and Ayrton Senna (1988, 💴 1990 and 1991).

In total, Brazilian drivers have won 101 Formula One races (as of the 2009 Italian Grand Prix), distributed 💴 between Senna (41), Piquet (23), Fittipaldi (14), Felipe Massa (11), Rubens Barrichello (11), and José Carlos Pace (1).

In 1994, Brazil 💴 declared three days of national mourning after Senna's death during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

From Emerson Fittipaldi's debut in 💴 1970 to Felipe Massa's retirement in 2017, there were 48 consecutive Formula One seasons with at least one Brazilian driver.

As 💴 of the 2022 season, Massa is the last Brazilian driver to have competed full-time in Formula One.

The Brazilian Grand Prix 💴 has been on the Formula One calendar since 1972, currently held in October or November.

Two circuits have been host to 💴 the race: Jacarepagua and Interlagos.

The Jacarepagua circuit, located in Rio de Janeiro, hosted the 1978 race, and then between 1981 💴 and 1989.

From 1972 to 1977, in 1979 and 1980, and from 1990 to the present, the Grand Prix has been 💴 held at the Interlagos circuit in São Paulo.

One Formula One team has been based in Brazil: Fittipaldi Automotive, owned by 💴 Emerson Fittipaldi and his brother Wilson.

The team competed from 1974 to 1982.

Brazil has produced several notable drivers in American open-wheel 💴 car racing, some of whom also competed in Formula One.

Emerson Fittipaldi was the 1989 CART champion, Gil de Ferran was 💴 the 2000 CART and 2001 CART champion, Cristiano da Matta was the 2002 CART champion and the Tony Kanaan was 💴 2004 IndyCar Series champion.

Brazilian drivers have won the Indianapolis 500, the most prestigious race in American open-wheel racing, eight times: 💴 Emerson Fittipaldi in 1989 and 1993; Hélio Castroneves in 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2021; Gil de Ferran in 2003; and 💴 Tony Kanaan in 2013.

Castroneves is one of only four drivers two have won the Indianapolis 500 four times, and the 💴 only one from a country other than the United States.

Two American open-wheel races have been held in Brazil: CART hosted 💴 the Rio 400 (later the Rio 200) at Jacarepagua from 1996 to 2000, and the IndyCar Series hosted the São 💴 Paulo Indy 300 from 2010 to 2013.

In the sports car racing scene, Raul Boesel won the 1987 World Sportscar Championship 💴 and got close to winning the 1991 Le Mans 24 Hours, when he was second, and Ricardo Zonta won the 💴 1998 FIA GT Championship.

Boesel was part of the winning team at the 1988 Daytona 24 Hours, a race which was 💴 also won by fellow Brazilians Christian Fittipaldi (twice, in 2004 and 2014), Oswaldo Negri (2012), Kanaan (2015) and Pipo Derani 💴 (2016).

Fittipaldi also won the United SportsCar Championship in 2014 and 2015, alongside Portuguese team-mate João Barbosa.

Also the Mil Milhas Brasil, 💴 an endurance race, has the longest history in the Brazilian racing events.Nelson Piquet Jr.

was the inaugural Formula E champion in 💴 2014-15 and Lucas Di Grassi won 2016-17 with Audi Abt Sportsline .

The popularity of auto racing is rising, with the 💴 Stock Car Brasil and Fórmula Truck being broadcast nationally.

The South American Formula Three series was mostly held in Brazil until 💴 2013, and developed several South American circuit drivers.

In 2014 it was succeeded by a revived Brazilian Formula Three Championship.

In motorcycle 💴 racing, the most prominent Brazilian racer in MotoGP as of now is Alex Barros, who is the most experienced racer 💴 of all time in the category, with 276 race starts and seven wins.

The Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix was held four 💴 times between 1987 and 1992, followed by the Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix which was held nine times between 💴 1995 and 2004.

Tennis [ edit ]

Maria Esther Bueno is the most successful Brazilian tennis player at the Grand Slam tournaments.

She 💴 won seven single titles (four wins at the US Open and three at Wimbledon) and twelve doubles titles (five at 💴 Wimbledon, four at the US Open, two in the Roland Garros, including a mixed doubles title).

In the men's game, Gustavo 💴 Kuerten is the most successful Brazilian player, with three wins at Roland Garros (1997, 2000, 2001) as well as being 💴 ranked number one in the world for almost a full year.

However, bad administration and lack of serious support resulted in 💴 poor results in the present years and scarcity of national-level competitiveness.

Beatriz Haddad Maia is the first Brazilian woman to enter 💴 the world's top 20 in the Open Era.[18]

Brazil has also had other historically important players, such as Luiz Mattar, Fernando 💴 Meligeni and Thomaz Bellucci, who were already top 30 in the ATP rankings.[19]

In the country, Doubles has been stronger, especially 💴 with Marcelo Melo, Bruno Soares and Luisa Stefani.

Melo has been ranked No.

1 in the ATP Doubles Rankings and Soares has 💴 achieved a peak ranking of No.2.

Stefani was the first Brazilian woman to reach the world's top 10 in the Open 💴 Era.

Melo won his first Grand Slam title in Roland Garros and his second in Wimbledon.

He has also reached at least 💴 the semifinals of all four Grand Slams, has won 9 Masters 1000 titles and reached the doubles final on the 💴 ATP World Tour Finals.

In 2009, he reached the mixed doubles final at the French Open with American Vania King, becoming 💴 the seventh Brazilian to reach the final of a Grand Slam and the first since Gustavo Kuerten.

Soares won the 2016 💴 Australian Open and US Open Men's Doubles with Jamie Murray, 2020 US Open Men's Doubles with Mate Pavić, the US 💴 Open Mixed Doubles title in 2012 (with Ekaterina Makarova) and 2014 (with Sania Mirza), and the 2016 Australian Open Mixed 💴 Doubles with Elena Vesnina.

He also has 4 Masters 1000 titles (a double championship at Canada's Masters 1000 in 2013 and 💴 2014, the Cincinnati Masters 1000 in 2018 and the Shanghai Masters 1000 in 2019).

[20][21]Swimming [ edit ]

Cielo at the 2009 💴 US National Championships in Indianapolis.

Swimming is very popular in Brazil.

Being a sport usually recommended for children, and suitable for a 💴 country with a tropical climate like Brazil, swimming has grown and started to produce important sporting icons.

Although the country had 💴 some success with swimmers like Piedade Coutinho, Tetsuo Okamoto, Manuel dos Santos and José Fiolo, the sport started to become 💴 more popular with Djan Madruga, Rômulo Arantes and Ricardo Prado in 1970s and 1980s; going through Gustavo Borges and Fernando 💴 Scherer in the 1990s, Brazilian swimming today manufactures great talents in succession.[22][23]

Today Brazil has one of the best swimmers in 💴 the world, César Cielo, who is an Olympic champion, world champion and world record holder; olympic medalists like Thiago Pereira, 💴 Bruno Fratus and Fernando Scheffer; swimmers like Felipe França and Kaio de Almeida who managed to beat world records in 💴 their events, as well as medalists in World Championships, such as Nicholas Santos, João Gomes Júnior, Felipe Lima and Guilherme 💴 Costa.

Even female swimming has been developing and creating athletes like Etiene Medeiros, Ana Marcela Cunha and Poliana Okimoto.

With the multiplication 💴 of the emergence of talents, swimming has been standing out and conquering its space.

Brazil hosted the 1995 FINA World Swimming 💴 Championships (25 m) and won the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).

[24][25]Athletics [ edit ]

Fabiana Murer in 2011.

Athletics is 💴 a traditional sport in Brazil, winning Olympic medals for the country.

In athletics, the best known athletes are Adhemar Ferreira da 💴 Silva, João Carlos de Oliveira, Joaquim Cruz, Robson Caetano, Maurren Maggi and Fabiana Murer.

Other important athletes in the history of 💴 Brazil are: Thiago Braz, Alison dos Santos, Nélson Prudêncio, Jadel Gregório, Zequinha Barbosa, Sanderlei Parrela, Claudinei Quirino , Vicente de 💴 Lima, André Domingos, Édson Ribeiro, Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, Caio Bonfim, Rosângela Santos, Letícia Oro Melo, Mauro Vinícius da Silva 💴 and Darlan Romani.[26][27][28]

In Brazil, athletics tends to lose many practitioners to football, who grant better salaries to athletes.

It's one of 💴 the reasons why the country has less global prominence in events such as the 100 metres.

The sport is usually concentrated 💴 in some clubs specializing in athletics, and also receives attention and support from the country's Armed Forces.

Brazil has a tradition 💴 in events such as triple jump and hosts important long-distance running events, such as Saint Silvester Road Race.

Judo [ edit 💴 ]

Judo is another sport usually recommended for children in Brazil, and therefore it is widely practiced.

The country has a growing 💴 international tradition in the sport, constantly winning medals and titles.

The sport was brought and developed by its large Japanese community.

The 💴 greatest exponents of the sport until today were Aurélio Miguel, Sarah Menezes and Rogério Sampaio, Olympic champions.

Brazil also had several 💴 other important judô athletes, such as the Olympic runners-up Douglas Vieira, Tiago Camilo, Carlos Honorato, and the Olympic bronze medalists 💴 Chiaki Ishii, Luiz Onmura, Walter Carmona, Henrique Guimarães, Leandro Guilheiro, Flávio Canto, Ketleyn Quadros, Felipe Kitadai, Mayra Aguiar, Daniel Cargnin 💴 and Rafael Silva.

[29][30][31]Handball [ edit ]

Handball is a sport that came with German immigrants, which is very popular in schools 💴 around the world.

It's the second most practiced sport in schools in Brazil, second only to football / futsal.

The national team 💴 is considered the best in South America, and the sport is gaining in media coverage.

Brazil women's national handball team were 💴 crowned world champions for the first time at the 2013 World Championship.

They also finished 5th at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[32][33]

Beach 💴 handball [ edit ]

At the Beach Handball World Championships Brazil has more titles for both genders than any country.[34]Boxing [ 💴 edit ]

Boxing is another popular sport, especially in Northeast Brazil; it's considered a sport of the working class.

Eder Jofre, Acelino 💴 Freitas, Maguila, Miguel de Oliveira, Valdemir Pereira, Rose Volante and Patrick Teixeira are former world champions.

In the Olympics, Brazil won 💴 the gold medal in the category of up to 60 kg with the fighter Robson Conceição, being the first Olympic 💴 gold in Brazilian boxing.

Hebert Conceição was also an Olympic champion.

Other Olympic medalists in Brazil were Servílio de Oliveira, Yamaguchi Falcão, 💴 Esquiva Falcão, Abner Teixeira, Adriana Araújo and Beatriz Ferreira.

Another famous boxer in Brazil was Maguila, a heavyweight who came to 💴 face Evander Holyfield and George Foreman.[35][36]

Skateboarding [ edit ]

Skateboarding is a popular sport in Brazil.

According to a study of 2019, 💴 the estimated number of skateboarders in Brazil was close to 8.

5 million (the majority in the state of São Paulo).

[37] 💴 Many of the world's top skateboarders are Brazilian, including Bob Burnquist, Sandro Dias, Lincoln Ueda, Rodrigo Menezes, Luan de Oliveira, 💴 Felipe Gustavo, Rodil Ferrugem, Nilton Neves, Fabrizio Santos, Alex Carolino, Christiano Mateus, Karen Jones, Ricardo Porva, Daniel Vieira, and Og 💴 de Souza.

Fabiola da Silva is well known for aggressive inline skating.[38]

With the rise of skateboarding to the category of Olympic 💴 sport in 2020, Rayssa Leal became famous for her silver medal obtained at the age of 13.

Pedro Barros and Kelvin 💴 Hoefler also won Olympic medals.

Other famous skaters like Pâmela Rosa and Letícia Bufoni also stand out.

[39]Surfing [ edit ]

Surfing is 💴 one of the most popular aquatic sports in Brazil, with several professional Brazilian surfers competing in the men's and women's 💴 ASP World Tour, including former world champions Gabriel Medina and Adriano de Souza.

Brazil is known for producing longboard surfers (such 💴 as former world champion Phil Razjman), big-rider surfers (such as Carlos Burle and two-time XXL award winner Maya Gabeira) and 💴 well-known bodyboarders.

Brazilian surfing has progressively evolved to become one of the biggest forces in the sport in the world.

Fábio Gouveia 💴 reached number 5 in the world in 1992.

In the 2010s, the Brazilian Storm appears, with several Brazilians getting closer and 💴 closer to the world title, until Gabriel Medina conquers the same in 2014 and Adriano de Souza wins in 2015.

In 💴 2020 surfing ascends to the category of Olympic sport and Ítalo Ferreira becomes Olympic champion.

Filipe Toledo was also world champion, 💴 in 2022.[40][41]

Yachting and Equestrianism [ edit ]

Despite yachting and equestrianism being inaccessible sports for the general population, Brazil has a 💴 great tradition in yachting, and, to a lesser extent, but no less important, tradition in equestrianism.

The biggest center for these 💴 sports in Brazil is Rio de Janeiro and its neighboring city Niterói.

Several Olympic medalists in yachting have trained in Guanabara 💴 Bay, such as Martine Grael, Clinio Freitas, Daniel Adler, Eduardo Penido, Isabel Swan, Kiko Pellicano, Marcelo Ferreira, Marcos Soares, Nelson 💴 Falcão and Ronaldo Senfft.

The country also has olympic medalists from São Paulo Robert Scheidt, Torben Grael, Kahena Kunze, Reinaldo Conrad, 💴 Alexandre Welter, Bruno Prada and Peter Ficker.

In equestrianism, the Gávea Hippodrome trained athletes such as Rodrigo Pessoa and his father 💴 Nelson Pessoa, as well as Luiz Felipe de Azevedo; the country also has olympic medalists from São Paulo Álvaro de 💴 Miranda Neto and from Rio Grande do Sul André Johannpeter.[42]Chess [ edit ]

Chess is a sport with many fans in 💴 Brazil.

Henrique Mecking, known as Mequinho, is considered the most important Brazilian chess player, having reached his peak in 1977, when 💴 he was considered the third best player in the world, surpassed only by Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi.

More recently, in 💴 an online blitz game played in May 2020, Luis Paulo Supi defeated reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen in 18 moves 💴 after sacrificing his own Queen.

[43] The match received worldwide attention as Carlsen broadcast it live, and was left speechless after 💴 his defeat.

[44] In April 2021, Chess.

com awarded that game the first spot in their Chess.

com Immortal Game Contest.[45][46][47]

Table tennis [ 💴 edit ]

Table tennis is very popular and widely played in Brazil, and the country has a considerable tradition in this 💴 sport.

The greatest player in the history of the country is Hugo Calderano, who reached number 3 in the world in 💴 2022 (becoming the greatest Americas player of all time), and was the first South American to reach the quarterfinals of 💴 this sport at the Olympic Games.

Other historically important players in the country are Gustavo Tsuboi, Cláudio Kano, Hugo Hoyama and 💴 Bruna Takahashi.

[48][49]Taekwondo [ edit ]

In taekwondo, Brazilian Natália Falavigna was a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in 2008 and 💴 4th place in 2004.

Maicon Siqueira won bronze in 2016.

Diogo Silva finished 4th in 2004 and 2012, and Milena Titoneli finished 💴 4th in 2020.

[50]Gymnastics [ edit ]

Brazil has a large training center for Olympic athletes in artistic gymnastics, which has already 💴 revealed athletes such as Rebeca Andrade, Arthur Zanetti, Daiane dos Santos, Jade Barbosa, Arthur Mariano, Diego Hypólito and Daniele Hypólito.

[51] 💴 In rhythmic gymnastics, the Brazilian team won an unprecedented bronze in the general event of the Athens, Greece stage of 💴 the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup, held in March 2023.[52]

Modern pentathlon [ edit ]

Yane Marques is the only person born in 💴 South America to win an Olympic medal in modern pentathlon (until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games), having also been the 💴 first person in Latin America to do so.

[53]Canoeing [ edit ]

The Brazilian Isaquias Queiroz is the best canoeist in the 💴 history of South America, being the only Olympic champion of this modality on the continent and adding a total of 💴 four Olympic medals until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Erlon Silva also won Olympic silver for Brazil in canoeing.

[54][55]Archery [ edit 💴 ]

Marcus Vinicius D'Almeida, in the recurve bow category, is the greatest male archery athlete in the history of South America, 💴 having been number 1 in the world in 2023, and world runner-up in 2021.

Ane Marcelle dos Santos went to the 💴 3nd round of the 2016 Olympic Games.

[56][57]Fencing [ edit ]

Although Brazil has little tradition in fencing, the country has produced 💴 some renowned athletes.

Nathalie Moellhausen was world champion in 2019 and reached the quarter-finals of the 2016 Olympic Games in Women's 💴 épée.

Guilherme Toldo reached the quarter-finals of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Men's foil.[58]Diving [ edit ]

Brazil also does not have 💴 a long tradition in diving, but work carried out over the decades allowed the emergence of some high-level athletes.

The most 💴 relevant so far are Ingrid de Oliveira, who finished 4th at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, César Castro, 5th place 💴 on the 3-meter springboard at the 2009 Worlds, and Juliana Veloso, 10th place on the platform in 2001.[59]Hockey [ edit 💴 ]

In Brazil, roller in-line hockey is the most popular form of hockey, unlike ice hockey that is still dependent on 💴 infrastructure.

Brazilians that practices hockey, mostly practices the roller in-line hockey.

The main world championships of Ice Hockey are transmitted through cable 💴 TV in the country, among them the NHL played between teams of Canada and the United States, and the European 💴 League.

Despite this, the modality finds difficulties in falling in the popular taste of the country.

Cairo Santos is the first Brazilian 💴 born player in NFL history.

American football is played by young people in some states.

The most popular varieties are flag football 💴 (especially in São Paulo) and beach American football (played in coastal cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Recife and João 💴 Pessoa).

Also, the sport is already one of the most played around the country, with approximately 130 teams.

The Superliga Nacional de 💴 Futebol Americano (National American Football Superleague) is a recently created Brazilian American football league, created and organized by the Confederação 💴 Brasileira de Futebol Americano [pt] (Brazilian Confederation of American Football).

Rugby union [ edit ]

Lobo Bravo, a Brazilian rugby team.

Rugby has 💴 been played in Brazil since at least 1888.

Although it has been played in Brazil for as long as football, it 💴 has never enjoyed its popularity, it's also mostly played amateurly.

The Brazil national rugby union team has so far never qualified 💴 for a Rugby World Cup, it did secured the South American Rugby Championship for the first time in 2018 and 💴 in November the national team had an historical friendly with the Māori All Blacks.

A domestic club competition, the Campeonato Brasileiro 💴 de Rugby, has been contested annually since 1964.

Rugby returned to the Olympics in Rio 2016 (in the 7-a-side tournament form) 💴 - see Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

As 2016 Olympic hosts, Brazil men's and women's teams automatically qualified.

The sport 💴 is not widely played in schools, but is common in universities.

All 27 states were reported to have rugby clubs, but 💴 around 50% of the active clubs are located in the São Paulo state.

[60] As of 2016, rugby was played by 💴 about 60,000 Brazilians and has experienced sizeable growth in the country.[61]

Rugby league [ edit ]

Rugby league has been played in 💴 Brazil in the 2010s, and has developed a small but growing domestic presence.

The Brazilian national team will compete in the 💴 2022 South American Rugby League Championship, their first major international tournament, which is part of the qualifying process for the 💴 2025 World Cup.

The Brazil women's national rugby league team was successful in qualifying for and participated in the 2021 Women's 💴 World Cup.

Baseball [ edit ]

Paulo Orlando became the first Brazilian born player to win the World Series in 2015.

Baseball is 💴 traditionally practiced mostly by the Japanese communities in Brazil.

[62][63] It is not very popular in the country, but with the 💴 cable TV coverage of the games, baseball is also gaining fans among non-nisseis.

There are several regional leagues on the rise 💴 in the country, however, the difficulty in finding baseball fields prevents regular practice of the sport that is often played 💴 on adapted football fields.

The National team appeared in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.

Paulo Orlando and Yan Gomes are the only 💴 Brazilians to win the World Series.

Other sports in Brazil [ edit ]

In horse racing, Silvestre de Sousa was the British 💴 flat racing Champion Jockey in 2015.

The Brazilian-bred horse Glória de Campeão won the Dubai World Cup, then the world's richest 💴 Thoroughbred race, in 2010 with Brazilian jockey T.J.Pereira aboard.

Curling is a growing sport in Brazil; the creation of a national 💴 team was inspired by the audience for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

A temporary rink in the Eldorado Shopping Center 💴 in São Paulo featured Norwegian curler Linn Githmark and a winter-sports complex is planned, probably in the city of Campos 💴 do Jordão.

Frescobol is a native[64] Brazilian sport similar to tennis and cricket, played with a wooden racket and soft rubber 💴 ball on the beach with no scoring system.

It began during the 1960s on Ipanema beach.

Biribol is another native sport created 💴 in Birigüi, São Paulo state.

It is a kind of volleyball played in a swimming pool.

Peteca (shuttlecock) is a native sport 💴 which originated from indigenous games.

Rodeo enjoys significant popularity in some rural regions of southern states.

The rodeo event of bull riding 💴 has become a significant niche sport on its own since the success of Adriano Moraes on the US-based Professional Bull 💴 Riders (PBR) circuit in the 1990s and 2000s.

PBR now runs a national touring series in Brazil, and Brazilian riders are 💴 heavily represented on the main PBR circuit in the US.

Cricket has a burgeoning Brazilian women's national team, who won the 💴 2018 South American Women's Cricket Championship.

See Cricket in Brazil.

Brazil at the Olympics [ edit ]

Due to the tropical and subtropical 💴 nature of the climate of Brazil, it has not traditionally competed in the Winter Olympics, although it made its first 💴 appearance in the 1992 Winter Olympics, and most recently participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

However, Brazil has been competing in 💴 the Summer Olympics since 1920.

Brazil is currently ranked 33rd in the overall ranking of medals in the Summer Olympics.

Rio de 💴 Janeiro hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic Games held in South America.

Sports in media [ edit ]

On television, 💴 football is by far the most watched sport on both free and paid television, games from regional teams often guarantee 💴 the top audience in its cities, also European football (especially UEFA Champions League) are guaranteed high viewing figures.

In motorsport, the 💴 main national competitions are Stock Car Brasil and Fórmula Truck.

Formula One is considered the second most watched sport in terms 💴 of TV audience, behind football.

The IndyCar Series also has a good fanbase in Brazil.

MMA in a short period of time 💴 has become the second most broadcast sport on Brazilian TV, due mainly to the resounding success of Brazilian fighters in 💴 the UFC.

Both men and women's volleyball enjoy very good viewing figures, especially the Brazilian national volleyball teams, Superliga and beach 💴 volleyball matches.

Basketball is also widely broadcast, prominently the national league (NBB), the NBA and FIBA.

Basketball's level of popularity is returning 💴 to its historical levels.

In recent years, American football has been gaining fast popularity, with NFL games guaranteeing an audience on 💴 ESPN Brasil and Esporte Interativo.

Also, some Torneio Touchdown (Brazilian League) games are shown by BandSports.

[65] In 2016, the two main 💴 leagues merged into the Superliga Nacional.

Curling was the latest sporting phenomenon in Brazil in terms of audience.

During the 2013 World 💴 Women's Curling Championship, held in late March in Canada, about 3.

6 million people watched the channel SporTV, leading audiences among 💴 sports channels on pay TV.

The audience was even greater during the men's worlds that year.

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Competitions hosted by 💴 Brazil [ edit ]

Some of the most important sports competitions hosted by the country were:[67][68][69][70]

Competitions hosted annually:

Discontinued events:See also [ 💴 edit ]

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