The Taekwondo tournament is held since 2006. The first Games only saw the participation of the men's event.
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. In 1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), and was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century award. That same year, Pelé was elected Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee. According to the IFFHS, Pelé is the most successful domestic league goal-scorer in football history scoring 650 goals in 694 League matches, and in total 1281 goals in 1363 games, which included unofficial friendlies and is a Guinness World Record. During his playing days, Pelé was for a period the best-paid athlete in the world.
Santos Futebol Clube, commonly known simply as Santos, is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a bairro in the city of Santos. It plays in the Paulistão, the State of São Paulo's premier state league, as well as the Brasileirão, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system.
Santos is a municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, founded in 1546 by the Portuguese nobleman Brás Cubas. It is located mostly on the island of São Vicente, which harbors both the city of Santos and the city of São Vicente, and partially on the mainland. It is the main city in the metropolitan region of Baixada Santista. The population is 433,966 in an area of 280.67 km2 (108.37 sq mi). The city is also home to the Coffee Museum, where world coffee prices were once negotiated. There is also an association football memorial, dedicated to the city's greatest players, which includes Pelé, who played for the Santos Futebol Clube. Its beachfront garden, 5,335 m (5,834 yd) in length, figures in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest beachfront garden in the world.
Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva, better known as Vanderlei Luxemburgo, and often known as Wanderley Luxemburgo, is a Brazilian football manager, who is the manager of Palmeiras and former player. As a manager, he has won Brazil's Série A five times, a record total. His surname is after revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg.
Elano Blumer, simply known as Elano, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and is the manager of Inter de Limeira.
Ricardo de Oliveira is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Clube Atlético Mineiro.
Agudo is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil.
Claudio Andrés del Tránsito Maldonado Rivera is a Chilean footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder in Colo-Colo.
Kléber de Carvalho Corrêa, commonly known as Kléber, is a Brazilian former professional footballer, who played as a left wingback.
Evandro Goebel, known as Evandro, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Santos FC. He also holds Serbian citizenship.
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 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.
The Table tennis tournament is held since 2006.
Santos Futebol Clube, commonly known as Santos or Sereias da Vila, is a Brazilian women's Association football club, based in the city of Santos, São Paulo state, Brazil. They won the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino once, the Copa do Brasil twice and the Copa Libertadores Femenina twice.
The Honda XRE 300 is a single-cylinder dual-sport motorcycle designed and manufactured by Honda in Brazil. It was launched in August 2009 to simultaneously replace the Japanese firm's two South American on/off-road motorcycles: the XR250 Tornado and the NX4 Falcon. Unlike these motorcycles' 250 cc and 400 cc engines, the fuel-injected 300 cc engine in the XRE300 meets Brazil's new PROMOT 3 emissions rules. It has an anti-lock brake (ABS) option.
Chico Anysio was a Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer.
Os Santásticos is the nickname for the group of Santos Futebol Clube players coached by Lula and Antoninho that won a total of 25 titles between 1959 and 1974, including two Copa Libertadores. Often considered one of the strongest teams ever assembled in any sport, scoring over 3000 goals during this period, with an average of over 2.5 goals per match. Also known as O Balé Branco or Time dos Sonhos, they dominated Brazilian football and became a symbol of Jogo Bonito thanks to figures such as Gilmar, Mauro, Mengálvio, Coutinho, Pepe and the iconic Pelé. Pele made Santos FC famous around the world in this revolutionary era, therefore his lesser-known teammates are best known as "Pele's friends."
Espírito Santo is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attractions.
Júlio César Miranda de Oliveira is a Brazilian athlete specialising in the javelin throw. He won the gold medal at the 2003 World Youth Championships. In addition, he has won multiple medals at the regional level.
Events in the year 2014 in Brazil.
Events in the year 2015 in Brazil: