Sporting event delegation
The 15th Pan-American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, between 13 July 2007 and 29 July 2007. The Brazilian delegation consisted of 659 athletes (373 men and 286 women) and 267 directors, making a total of 926 people in 41 sports. Competing in their own country, the Brazilian athletes managed to far surpass their own record number of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals obtained in a single edition of the Pan-American Games.[1]
Goals
The Rio de Janeiro Mayor and Brazilian Olympic Group wanted to show that Brazil is capable to receive the 2014 World Cup , for which is the only candidate so far, and that the city is eligible to host the 2016 Summer Olympics .
Another mission of Brazil was to achieve the 2nd position among the top History Pan-American Winners.
The COB also used the competition to prepare itself for the 2008 Summer Olympics .
Medalists
The following competitors from Brazil won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded .
Results by event
Aquatics
Diving
Female Male
Open water swimming
4 athletes (2 female and 2 male)
Female Male
Swimming
52 athletes (25 female and 26 male)
Female Male
Synchronised swimming
9 female athletes
Water polo
26 athletes (13 female, 13 male)
Female Male
Archery
6 athletes (3 female and 3 male)
Women Men Marcos Bortoloto
Leonardo Carvalho
Fabio Emilio
83 athletes (39 female and 44 male)
Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, carrying the Brazilian Flag. Female
Male
8 athletes (4 female and 4 male)
Female Male Guilherme Pardo (singles and doubles)
Guilherme Kumasaka (doubles)
Lucas Araújo (singles and doubles)
Paulo Scala (simples and doubles)
20 male athletes
Pitchers Marcelo Kaneo Arai (Dourados / Dourados – MS)
Rodrigo Watanabe Miyamoto (Yamaha – JAP)
Fernando Oda (Coopercotia / São Paulo – SP)
Gustavo Yukio Ogassawara (Nittadai University – JAP)
Kléber Ojima (Mogi das Cruzes / Mogi das Cruzes – SP)
Gilmar Henrique Pereira (Philadelphia Phillies – USA)
Marcio Sakane (Dragons / Itapecerica da Serra – SP)
Claudio Kenji Yamada (Atibaia / Atibaia – SP) Catchers Rafael Motooka de Oliveira (Guarulhos / Guarulhos – SP)
Ricardo Hideki Shimanoe (São Paulo / São Paulo – SP) Infielders Marcelo Okuyama (São Paulo / São Paulo – SP)
Ronaldo Hidemi Ono (Nippon Blue Jays / Arujá – SP)
Reinaldo Tsuguio Sato (Yamaha – JAP)
Renan Issamu Sato (Mitsubishi – JAP)
Evaldo Yamaoka (Dragons / Itapecerica da Serra – SP) Outfielders
Men's team competition
Team Roster
Head coach : Aluisio Ferrerira
Women's team competition
Bowling
4 athletes (2 female and 2 male)
Female
Jacqueline Costa
Roseli Santos Male
Fabio Rezende
Rodrigo Hermes
11 male athletes
14 athletes (5 female and 9 male)
Female
Bruna Gama (K1 e K4)
Naiane Pereira (K2 e K4)
Ariela Pinto (K2 e K4)
Daniela Alvarez (K4)
Mayara Cardoso (reserve) Male
Sebástian Cuattrin (K4 1000m e K2 1000m)
Guto Campos (K4 1000m e K2 500m)
Roberto Mahler (K4 1000m e K2 500m)
Edson Isaías da Silva (K4 1000m e K1 500m)
Jonathan Maia (K2 1000m)
Givago Ribeiro (K2 1000m)
Nivalter Santos de Jesus (C1 1000m e C1 500m)
Vladimir Moreno (C2 1000m e C2 500m)
Vilson Conceição (C2 1000m e C2 500m)
23 athletes (6 female and 17 male)
Male Marcos Novello (road and track)
Marcos Vinícius Correia de Alcântra (track)
Davi Romeo (track)
Fernando Firmino (track)
Magno Nazaret (track)
Roberson Figueiredo (track)
Hernandes Cuadri (track)
Rodrigo Brito (track)
BMX
Female Ana Flavia Sgobin
Luciana Hirama Male Hudson Peixoto
Mauro Aquino
Mountain bike
Female Male Edivando Cruz
Ricardo Pscheidt
Road
Female Male
Track
Male
Equestrian
Dressage
Rider / Horse
Rogerio Clementino / Nilo Vo
Renata Costa / Monty
Luiza Almeida / Samba
Eventing
Rider / Horse
Show jumping
Rider / Horse
Show Jumping
5 athletes
Fencing
16 athletes (8 female and 8 male)
Female
Camila Rodrigues
Clarisse Menezes Male
Field hockey
32 athletes (16 female and 16 mas)
36 athletes (18 female and 18 male)
Male
12 athletes
Gymnastics
Trampoline
3 athletes (2 female and 1 male)
Female
30 athletes (15 female and 15 male)
14 athletes (7 female and 7 male)
Female
Male
9 athletes (3 female and 6 male)
Female
Dafani Figueiredo (To 60 kg)
Lucélia Peres de Carvalho (More de 60 kg)
Valéria Kumizaki (To 53 kg)Male
Modern pentathlon
Four athletes (two female and two male)
Roller skating
Rowing
33 athletes (11 female and 22 male)
Alexandre Fernandes Ribas (TBD)
Alexandre Monteiro Dias Fernandes Fernandez (oito com)
Alexis Árias Mestre (TBD)
Allan Scaravaglioni Bittencourt (dois sem e oito com)
Amanda da Costa Duarte (dois sem)
Anderson Nocetti (dois sem e oito com)
Camila de Carvalho e Carvalho (skiff duplo peso leve)
Caroline Farré Beloni (dois sem)
Célio Dias Amorim (TBD)
Deborah Amorim (skiff duplo peso leve)
Fabiana Beltrame (skiff quádruplo)
Gibran Vieira da Cunha (quatro sem e oito com)
Gustavo Villela dos Santos (TBD)
Henrique Vieira Motta (TBD)
Jairo Natanael Fröhlich Klug (TBD)
João Hildebrando Borges Jr. (TBD)
João Roberto Lopes Pallassão (TBD)
João Soares Jr. (TBD)
José Carlos Gonçalves Sobral Jr. (skiff duplo peso leve)
José Roberto do Nascimento Jr. (TBD)
José Rodrigo Rangel (TBD)
Kissya Cataldo da Costa (skiff quádruplo)
Leandro Francisco Tozzo (quatro sem e oito com)
Leandro Loureiro Franco Ferreira (quatro sem peso leve)
Luciana Granato (skiff duplo peso leve)
Marcelus Marcili dos Santos Silva (TBD)
Marco Moreira Martins (TBD)
Mônica Anversa Fuchs (skiff quádruplo)
Nilton Silva Alonço (oito com)
Renan Koplewski de Castro (TBD)
Renata Görgen (skiff quádruplo)
Ronaldo da Gama Vargas (TBD)
Thiago Almeida (TBD)
Thiago Gomes (double skiff peso leve)
Sailing
16 athletes (2 female and 14 male)
Female
Male
Shooting
29 athletes (11 female and 18 male)
Aliseu Farias (air carbine and carbine 3x40)
Ana Luiza Mello (sport pistol)
Cecília Frej (air pistol)
Cristina Badaró (carabina de ar)
Daniela Carraro (skeet)
Emerson Duarte (tiro rápido)
Fábio Coelho (air carbine and carbine 3x40)
Fernando Cardoso Jr. (tiro rápido)
Filipe Fuzaro (fossa doublé)
Janice Teixeira (fossa olimpic)
Júlio Almeida (air pistol)
Luiz Bork (carbine deitado)
Luiz Carlos Graça (fossa doublé)
Rachel da Silveira (sport pistol)
Renata Castro (air pistol)
Renato Araújo Portela (skeet)
Roberto Schmits (fossa olimpic)
Rodrigo Bastos (fossa olimpic)
Samuel Leandro Lopes (carbine deitado)
Simone Cezar da Rocha (air carbine and carbine 3x20)
Stenio Yamamoto (pistol livre and air pistol)
Vladimir da Silveira (pistol livre)
Wilson Zocolote (skeet)
Cinthia Kudo
Elayne Simon
Nilze Higa
Mirian Yuki Someya Receptor
Márcia Mizushima
Vivian Morimoto 'Defense
Tathiane Misawa
Simone Miyahira
Kátia Ayumi Abe
Martha Murazawa
Camila Ariki
Juliana Shibata
Simone Suetsugu
Mariana Sayuri Abe
Patrícia Sugino
Maria Eliza Tanaka
Cynthia Takahashi
Squash
6 athletes (3 female and 3 male)
Table tennis
8 athletes (4 female and 4 male)
Female
Male
Taekwondo
8 athletes (4 female and 4 male)
Natália Falavigna (Heavyweight – +67 kg)
Valdirene Gonçalves (Flyweight – 49 kg)
Debora Nunes Lightweight – 57 kg)
Érica Ferreira Middleweight – 67 kg)
Diogo Silva (Lightweight – 68 kg)
Márcio Wenceslau (Flyweight – 58 kg)
Carlos Isidoro (Middleweight – 80 kg)
Leonardo Gomes (Heavyweight – +80 kg)
Tennis
8 athletes (4 female and 4 male)
Men's competition
Women's competition
Volleyball
24 athletes (12 female and 12 male)
Beach volleyball
4 athletes (2 female and 2 male)
Female Male
Water skiing
Juliana Negrão
Felipe Neves
Fernando Neves Wakeboard Masculino
Marcelo Giardi
Mário Manzolli
Weightlifting
Wrestling
11 athletes (4 female and 7 male)
Adrian Jaoude (−84 kg, estilo livre)
Antoine Jaoude (−96 kg, estilo livre)
Caroline De Lazzer (−63 kg, estilo livre)
Diego Rodrigues (−120 kg, estilo livre)
Fábio Cunha (−55 kg, estilo grego-romano)
Felipe Macedo (−74 kg, estilo grego-romano)
Iuri Cunha (−60 kg, estilo livre)
Joice Silva (−55 kg, estilo livre)
Luis Fernandes (−96 kg, estilo grego-romano)
Marcelo Gomes "Zulu" (−84 kg, estilo grego-romano)
Raoni Barcelos (−66 kg, estilo livre)
Renato Migliaccio (−66 kg estilo greco-romano)
Renato Roma (−70 kg, estilo livre)
Rodrigo Artilheiro (−120 kg, estilo grego-romano)
Rosangela Conceição (−72 kg, estilo livre)
Suzana Almeida (−48 kg, estilo livre)
Vinicius Pedrosa (−55 kg, estilo livre)
Waldeci Silva (−60 kg, estilo livre)