Soraya Vieira Telles-Teixeira (born September 6, 1958 in Barbacena) is a former middle distance runner from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
She notably won a bronze medal in 800 metres at the 1987 Pan American Games, behind Ana Fidelia Quirot and Delisa Floyd.
She was one of the torchbearers in Brazil ahead the Rio 2016 Olympics. [1]
Meredith Louise Vieira is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. She is best known as the original moderator of the daytime talk show The View (1997–2006), the original host of the syndicated daytime version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002–2013), and as co-host of the NBC morning news program Today (2006–2011). As of 2019, she hosts the syndicated weekday game show 25 Words or Less.
Marta Vieira da Silva, known mononymously as Marta, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and formerly, the Brazil national team. Marta is widely regarded as the greatest female footballer of all time. She has been named FIFA World Player of the Year six times, five of them being consecutive and the latest award coming in 2018.
Soraya is a feminine Persian name. It is derived from the Arabic name for the Pleiades star cluster, Thurayyā. The name, also spelled Zoraya, is used in Spain and throughout the Spanish-speaking world with an origin in Al-Andalus. One historical example is Isabel de Solís, one of the final princesses of the Nasrid dynasty of Granada who converted to Islam and took the name Soraya or Zoraya. The name is also popular in Europe due to its association with Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, who became a European socialite.
Marcus Vinicius Vieira de Souza, commonly known as Marquinhos Vieira, or simply Marquinhos, is a Brazilian professional basketball player. He currently plays with São Paulo FC in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). He also represents the senior Brazilian national team.
Brazil competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 97 competitors, 92 men and 5 women, took part in 51 events in 14 sports. Brazil won three medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Brazil won its first gold medal since its debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
María la del Barrio is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa in 1995. The series is a remake of Los ricos también lloran. María la del Barrio is considered one of the world's most popular and successful shows ever, having been broadcast in over 180 countries. It is the last part of the Trilogía de las Marías.
Meu Tio Matou um Cara is a 2004 Brazilian crime comedy film co-written and directed by Jorge Furtado. It follows the adventures of 15-year-old Duca and his two friends after his uncle, Eder, confesses to his family of having shot a man. However, Duca suspects that his uncle's story about killing his lover's ex-husband in self-defense is not entirely truthful and so sets out to solve the mystery.
Soraya Jiménez Mendivil was a Mexican weightlifter and Olympic champion. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won a gold medal. Jiménez became the first ever female athlete from Mexico to win an Olympic gold medal.
Ana Margarida "Ida" Vieira Álvares is a Brazilian retired volleyball player. She competed in three Summer Olympics for the Brazil women's national volleyball team, winning the bronze medal in her last, the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Soraya Haddad is an Algerian judoka. She won a bronze medal in the –52 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has been the African champion five times: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2012, and also a bronze medalist in the –48 kg category in the 2005 World Championships in Egypt. She was born in El-Kseur, Algeria.
María del Rosario Espinoza Espinoza is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner.
The Stoning of Soraya M. is a 2009 Persian-language American drama film adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book La Femme Lapidée.
The Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games was the organizing committee for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brazil. It was also known as the Rio 2016 Organising Committee or simply Rio 2016.
The 2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estádio Célio de Barros in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 20 and 21 May. With a total of 308 athletes, the number of competitors was the lowest since 1990. The Spanish team was much smaller than previous delegations as most of the Spaniards chose to focus on the 2000 Sydney Olympics instead. Other national teams used the competition as a chance to gain an Olympic qualifying mark.
Ana Sátila Vieira Vargas is a Brazilian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2011.
Zenaide Vieira is a Brazilian steeplechase runner. She won the bronze medal for the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, with a time of 9:55.71.
Andrea Chahad Guedes Vieira is a former tennis player from Brazil.
Ana Carolina Vieira is a Brazilian swimmer. She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Soraya Vieira Thronicke is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. She has spent her political career representing Mato Grosso do Sul, having served as senator for that State since 2019.
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