Portugal competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. A delegation of sixty five competitors participated in a record number of eleven sports, with the Star sailing team winning an Olympic silver medal, the second in Portugal's history.
John Tavares is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and an alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the New York Islanders in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, where he spent nine seasons and served as captain for five seasons.
Rogério Aoki Romero is a former backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. A resident of Belo Horizonte, he won the gold medal in the 200-metre backstroke at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. Twelve years later he once again did so at the 2003 Pan Am Games.
Mílton Lourenço Rosa Barros is an Angolan professional basketball player. He is also a member of the Angola national basketball team. He is 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) in height and 86 kg in weight. Internationally, Barros has represented Angola on several occasions, including the 2006 Lusophony Games, 2006 FIBA World Championship, 2007 African Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Rogério Sampaio Cardoso is a Brazilian judoka and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He dedicated his medal to his brother Ricardo, who fought in the 1988 Summer Olympics and committed suicide in 1991 after a love disappointment.
UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 29, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The UFC Fan Expo took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
The 2010 Brazil Open Series was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Curitiba, Brazil between 19 and 25 April 2010.
Events in the year 1932 in Portugal.
María do Carmo Sánchez Tavares de Miranda is a Portuguese middle-distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres. At age thirty-four, Tavares made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's 800 metres. She ran in the sixth and final heat against six other athletes, including Kenya's Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei, who eventually won the silver medal in the final. She finished the race in sixth place by more than a second behind Italy's Elisa Cusma Piccione, with a time of 2:01.91. Tavares, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed twenty-first overall, and was ranked farther below three mandatory slots for the next round.
Sandra-Helena Ribeiro Tavares Homo is a Portuguese pole vaulter. Tavares represented Portugal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's pole vault. She successfully cleared a height of 4.30 metres, finishing nineteenth overall in the qualifying rounds, and tying her position with Greece's Afroditi Skafida, and Poland's Joanna Piwowarska.
António Tavares is a Portuguese former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, three positions event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Mário Rogério Reis Micale, known as Rogério Micale, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the current manager of Figueirense.
Rogerio Silva is a Mozambican swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Steven Kevi is a Papua New Guinean Olympic boxer. He represented his country in the featherweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He lost his first bout against Rogério Dezorzi of Brazil.
Sandra Taváres is a Mexican hurdler. She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Rogério dos Santos is a Brazilian judoka. He competed in the men's half-middleweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The men's 65 kg competition in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was held on 1 August at the Palau Blaugrana. The gold medal was won by Rogério Sampaio of Brazil.
Rogério Klafke, also known simply as Rogério is a Brazilian former professional basketball player.
Rogério Dezorzi is a Brazilian boxer. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. In the tournament, he defeated Steven Kevi of Papua New Guinea in the first round, before being beaten by Ramazan Palyani of the Unified Team in the next round.
