Luciane Dambacher (born 10 May 1976) is a retired Brazilian athlete who specialised in the high jump. [1] She won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. In addition, she won many medals on continental level.
Her personal best in the event is 1.88 metres, first set in 1999.
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Renate Götschl is an Austrian former alpine ski racer. She is a two-time individual World Champion in the combined (1997) and downhill (1999), and has won a total of 9 World Championships medals. She also won two Olympic medals in 2002, the bronze medal in downhill and the silver medal in the combined.
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Marianne Louise Limpert is a Canadian former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed in the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was also Canada's flagbearer at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Hélia Rogério de Souza, nicknamed Fofão, is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player who competed for her country's national team in five consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won a gold medal in 2008 and twice won a bronze medal, in 1996 and 2000. She also claimed the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.
Luciane Freire Escouto is a Brazilian volleyball player and a model. She devoted herself defending the newly created team volleyball Fluminense, with which it signed a contract to play for the championship in Rio in 2012. Before, she defended the team Mackenzie Sports Club Minas Gerais, having also spent by the teams of Osasco, Pinheiros, Banespa, Macae and Brusque. In 2011, at the insistence of her mother, she participated in the contest The Most Beautiful Gaucha and, despite the insecurity confesses, won the five thousand competitors. With that, she represented Rio Grande do Sul in contest Miss World Brazil in April 2013. Luciane also dreamt of a place in Brazilian national women's volleyball.
Juliana Ribeiro Cabral, commonly known as Juliana Cabral or simply Juliana, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defender for the Brazil women's national football team. At club level she represented several leading teams in Brazil and Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of the Swedish Damallsvenskan.
Luciane Hammes is a Brazilian group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2005 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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