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.
