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Maria Conceição da Costa Ferreira is a retired Portuguese long-distance runner.
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José Marco "Zé Marco" Nóbrega Ferreira de Melo is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, partnering Ricardo Santos. He also represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Teófilo Laborne Ferreira is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil. He participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics for his native country. His best result was the 7th place in the men's 4×200-metre freestyle. Ferreira also won three medals at the Pan American Games and four medals at the World Championships.
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva was a Brazilian triple jumper. He won two Olympic gold medals and set four world records, the last being 16.56 metres in 1955 Pan American Games. In his early career he also competed in the long jump, placing fourth at the 1951 Pan American Games. He broke world records in triple jump on five occasions during his illustrious career. To date, he remains the only track and field athlete from South America to have won two Olympic gold medals.
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Carlos Francisco José de Borja Cabral da Câmara Ribeiro Ferreira is a Portuguese former sailor who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Fernanda Cristina Ferreira, known as Fernandinha, is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. She plays for Brazil women's national volleyball team as a setter. She has competed and won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Events in the year 1923 in Portugal.
Events in the year 1909 in Portugal.
Márcio Wenceslau Ferreira is a Brazilian taekwondo practitioner. He qualified for the men's flyweight category (58 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, when he won a silver medal for his host nation at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, losing out to Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic in the final match. He also added the bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, after being defeated by Mexico's Damian Villa in the semi-final round. He is the brother of Marcel Ferreira, who also competed for the same category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Renyldo Pedro Guimarães Ferreira is a Brazilian former equestrian who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
António Ferreira was a Portuguese sports shooter. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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