quinta-feira, 28 de outubro de 2010

By Rogério Britto and André Branco The True Heroes Of Sport Class: 702

 
César Cielo, a swimming recordist
César was born with the name César Augusto Cielo Filho in “Santa Bárbara d'Oeste”, Brazil, on January 10th, 1987;
He obtained two Olympic medals and two World Campionships gold medals in one year;
In the same year of these four medals he broke two world records, 100 meter and 50 meter freestyle;
A lot of people say he is the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history.
Marcelinho
Marcelo was born with the name Marcelo Magalhães Machado in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 12th, 1975;
He is a Pan American three-time-champion;
He was voted most valuable player of the FIBA Americas Championship 2005;
He is the captain of the Brazilian Basketball Team.
Guga
Guga was born with the name Gustavo Kuerten in Florianopolis, Brazil, on September 10th, 1975;
He was the best Brazilian tennis player for 9 years;
He made one of the fastest tennis serve of the world.
Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva was born in São Paulo, Brazil, on March 21th,1960;
He was the world champion for three times;
He was considered the best pilot in wet tracks;
He died in a race on May 1st, 1994.

Pelé, “the soccer king”
 
Pelé was born with the name Edson Arantes do Nascimento in “Três Corações”, Brazil, on October 23th, 1940;
When Pelé was ten, he began to work, cleaning people's shoes in the street;
He got 4 goals in his first match for Santos Football Club;
He is the only soccer player to win three World Cups;
In 1967 there was a war in Nigeria but the war stopped for 48 hours for everybody to watch Pelé playing soccer.

quarta-feira, 27 de outubro de 2010

Brazilian Heroes (Student Victor Rangel Souza e Silva - class 701)

Guga
      Guga was born with the name Gustavo Kuerten in "Florianópolis", Rio de Janeiro on September 10th, 1976. Guga is a nickname for his first name Gustavo. He is a former professional and the largest man in tennis history.

Kaká
      Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, better known as Kaká, was born in Brasilia Federal District on April 22th, 1982. He currenty plays for Real Madrid. He was the winner of the Golden Ball award, best player in the world by FIFA in 2007 and he was named in 2008 as one of the one thousent most importants.

Top Awards
Golden ball magazine score
Selection of the CONCACAF gold cup
Oscar del Calcio
Best foreign
Best player
Best player of UEFA

quarta-feira, 20 de outubro de 2010

My Sports Hero by Diogo

                                                                                    Conca

                                                                           

   Conca is a Fluminense soccer player.He is 27 years old and he was born in 1983.When he was a child he played soccer every day with his friends next to his house.
   Conca is Argentinian and he bacame famous when he played in Vasco da Gama in Brazil.After that he went to Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro where he played very well.
   He has never won a championship but I think he will win the Brazilian Championship with Fluminense.