COB releases list of nominees for 2023 Athlete of the Year Award | the Olympics

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) announced on Sunday the names competing for the 2023 Athlete of the Year award at the Brazilian Olimpico Awards. Ana Patricia Duda (world runner-up in beach volleyball and world ranking leader), Pia Haddad (semi-finalist at Roland Garros in tennis) and Rebecca Andrade (world vault champion in artistic gymnastics) are the competitors. In the men’s category, the competition will be between the world champion in surfing, Felipe Toledo, the top five in the world table tennis rankings, Hugo Calderano, and the leader of the world shooting rankings, Marcos d’Almeida. The winners will be revealed on December 15, at a ceremony to be held in Rio de Janeiro, at the Cidade das Artes.

The party will also receive a Fan Athlete Award, which the public will be able to vote forOfficial website of the event: https://pbo.cob.org.br. The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) selected the candidates: Bárbara Domingos (rhythmic gymnastics), Beatriz Ferreira (boxing), Flavia Saraiva (artistic gymnastics), Augusto Accio (skateboard), Darlan Souza (volleyball), and Guilherme Costa-Cachorao (swimming). . .

Nominees for Athlete of the Year and Best in Sport were selected by an electoral panel made up of journalists, managers, the COB Athletes Committee, sponsors, former athletes and sports figures.

This edition features new categories: Team of the Year (men’s and women’s), Comeback of the Year, and New Athlete of the Year. These last two, also with open public voting.

Find out the winners of each format of the Brazil 2023 Olympic Prize:

Open Water – Ana Marcela Cunha
Athletics – Caio Bonfim
Badminton – Davi Silva and Sania Lima
Basketball 3×3 – Leonardo Branquinho
Basketball 5 x 5 – Iago Matthaus
Baseball – Felipe Natel
Bowling – Roberta Camargo Rodriguez
Boxing – Beatrice Ferreira
Breaking – Myara Collins (Mini Jabba)
Zigzag Rowing – Ana Satilla Vargas
Fast Rowing – Izakias Quiroz
BMX Freestyle Cycling – Gustavo de Oliveira
BMX bike racing – Paula Reis
Road cycling – Ana Vitoria Magalhaes
Mountain biking – Henrique Avancini
Cycling path – Alice de Mello and Weleda Rodriguez
Snow Sports – Noah Bithonico
Ice Sports – Nicole Silvera
Sport Climbing – Anja Kohler
Fencing – Nathalie Mühlhausen
Water skiing – Felipe Simeone Neves
Football – Kerulin Ferraz
Artistic gymnastics – Rebecca Andrade
Trampoline gymnastics – Camila Lopez
Rhythmic gymnastics – Barbara Domingos
Golf – Valentina Buselmann
Handball – Bruna De Paula
Equestrian dressage – João Victor Oliva
Equestrian CCE – Márcio Carvalho Jorge
Equestrian jumping – Stefan Barca
Field Hockey – Adam Emmer
Judo – Beatriz Souza
Karate – Barbara Helen Rodriguez
Weightlifting – Laura Amaro
Swimming – Guilherme Costa
Artistic Swimming – Gabriella Wrigley and Laura Micucci
Figure skating – Bianca Cortez Amexero
Speed ​​skating – Guilherme Abel Rocha
Modern Quintet – Isabella de Abreu
Water polo – Gustavo Guimarães (Grome)
Rowing – Lucas Vertin
Rugby 7 – Rafaela Conte
Ornamental heels – Ingrid de Oliveira
Skateboard – Risa Lil
Surfing – Felipe Toledo
Taekwondo – Maria Clara Pacheco
Tennis – Beatrice Haddad
Table Tennis – Hugo Calderano
Archery – Marcos Vinicius d’Almeida
Sports shooting – Felipe Wu
Triathlon – Miguel Hidalgo
Sailing – Martin Grell and Kahina Kunze
Beach Volleyball – Ana Patricia Doda Lisbon
Volleyball – Gabriela Guimarães
Wrestling – Les Nunes