Prêmio Brasil Olímpico (Brazil Olympic Prize) is the name given to the highest recognition that a Brazilian athlete can receive nationally.

History and configuration

The award was created in 1999 by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC), who wanted to have a form of maximum recognition that could be bestowed upon the Brazilian athletes that were considered to have been the best in the country.

The first installment of the award was held in São Paulo, but every other ceremony thereafter has been held in Rio de Janeiro. A strike of the Theatro Municipal employees in 2016 postponed the ceremony until March 29, 2017.[1]

In order to be eligible, an athlete must be affiliated to a sport's Confederation whose sport is part of the Olympic Program. The athlete is then nominated by his or her Confederation for a vote that will determine the best athlete in the country for each sport some Confederations have nominated only one athlete at times, which results in the need for only one vote in order for the athlete to be chosen as the best in the country.

The winners of each sport's election integrate the longlist for the highest award to be granted: the Athlete of the Year award. From the longlist, three finalists (or nominees) are selected, with the winner announced only at the Award Ceremony, which takes place in the first half of December. It is also possible that an athlete that may not have won in his or her sport (which serves as a longlist for the Athlete of the Year award), still be included in the shortlist, if said athlete is the winner of the previous year award. This was done in 2005, when female gymnast Daiane dos Santos, although not having won in her sport's category, was included in the shortlist for the female award as the winner of the 2004 award this resulted in the unusual circumstance of having two athletes from the same sport running for the same award, since gymnast Laís Souza was also nominated for the female Athlete of the Year award.

A noteworthy discrepancy is that, in the election for best athlete in each sport, men and women run together (there is only one "best athlete" in each sport, man or woman), but for the nomination for Best Athlete of the Year, there are separate categories for male and female athletes. This has the effect of ensuring a variety of sports amidst the six athletes (between men and women) that run for the two awards, since no sport will have two nominees (one male and one female).

In the election, the candidates are voted on by two separate groups: a selected jury (chosen by the BOC) and the popular vote, both voting online. The results are then combined and the winner, chosen.

In addition, there is another award, which can be granted to both athletes and non-athletes: the Personalidade Olímpica (Olympic Personality) Award. This is granted to any public figure whose efforts were deemed to have helped advance sport in the country.

In 2004, for the first time, awards were given for the Best Paralympic Athlete of the Year (separately for men and women).

Best athlete of the year

Men

YearDateAthleteDiscipline
1999December 7Gustavo KuertenTennis
Claudinei da SilvaAthletics
Rodrigo PessoaEquestrian
2000December 11Gustavo KuertenTennis
Claudinei da SilvaAthletics
Robert ScheidtSailing
2001December 17Robert ScheidtSailing
Gustavo KuertenTennis
Nalbert BitencourtVolleyball
2002December 17Nalbert BitencourtVolleyball
André SáTennis
Robert ScheidtSailing
2003December 15Fernando MeligeniTennis
Giovane GavioVolleyball
Robert ScheidtSailing
2004December 7Vanderlei de LimaAthletics
Robert ScheidtSailing
Torben GraelSailing
2005December 13João DerlyJudo
GibaVolleyball
Robert ScheidtSailing
2006December 12GibaVolleyball
Diego HypólitoArtistic gymnastics
Torben GraelSailing
2007December 17Thiago PereiraSwimming
Diego HypólitoArtistic gymnastics
Tiago CamiloJudo
2008December 16César CieloSwimming
Diego HypólitoArtistic gymnastics
Robert ScheidtSailing
2009December 21César CieloSwimming
Diego HypólitoArtistic gymnastics
Torben GraelSailing
2010December 20Murilo EndresVolleyball
César CieloSwimming
Leandro GuilheiroJudo
2011December 19César CieloSwimming
Diego HypólitoArtistic gymnastics
Emanuel RegoBeach volleyball
2012December 18Arthur ZanettiArtistic gymnastics
Esquiva FalcãoBoxing
Thiago PereiraSwimming
2013December 17Jorge ZarifSailing
Arthur ZanettiArtistic gymnastics
César CieloSwimming
2014December 16Arthur ZanettiArtistic gymnastics
Marcus Vinicius D'AlmeidaArchery
Tiago SplitterBasketball
2015December 15Isaquias QueirozCanoe sprint
Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar SchmidtBeach volleyball
Marcelo MeloTennis
2016March 29, 2017Isaquias QueirozCanoe sprint
Sérgio SantosVolleyball
Thiago Braz da SilvaAthletics
2017March 28, 2018Marcelo MeloTennis
Caio BonfimAthletics
Evandro Oliveira and André SteinBeach volleyball
2018December 18Isaquias QueirozCanoe sprint
Gabriel MedinaSurfing
Pedro BarrosSkateboarding
2019December 10Arthur MarianoArtistic gymnastics
Isaquias QueirozCanoe sprint
Gabriel MedinaSurfing
2021December 7Isaquias QueirozCanoe sprint
Italo FerreiraSurfing
Hebert ConceiçãoBoxing
2022February 2, 2023Alison dos SantosAthletics
Filipe ToledoSurfing
Isaquias QueirozCanoe sprint
2023December 15Marcus Vinicius D'AlmeidaArchery
Filipe ToledoSurfing
Hugo CalderanoTable tennis

Women

YearDateAthleteSport
1999December 7Maurren MaggiAthletics
Daiane dos SantosArtistic gymnastics
Shelda BedeBeach volleyball
2000December 11Leila BarrosVolleyball
Janeth ArcainBasketball
Shelda BedeBeach volleyball
2001December 17Daniele HypólitoArtistic gymnastics
Janeth ArcainBasketball
Maurren MaggiAthletics
2002December 17Daniele HypólitoArtistic gymnastics
Adriana BeharBeach volleyball
Maurren MaggiAthletics
2003December 15Daiane dos SantosArtistic gymnastics
Janeth ArcainBasketball
Juliana VelosoDiving
2004December 7Daiane dos SantosArtistic gymnastics
Daniele HypólitoArtistic gymnastics
Shelda BedeBeach volleyball
2005December 13Natália FalavignaTaekwondo
Daiane dos SantosArtistic gymnastics
Laís SouzaArtistic gymnastics
2006December 12Laís SouzaArtistic gymnastics
Isabel Clark RibeiroSnowboarding
Larissa FrançaBeach volleyball
2007December 17Jade BarbosaArtistic gymnastics
Fabiana MurerAthletics
MartaFootball
2008December 16Maurren MaggiAthletics
Ketleyn QuadrosJudo
Natália FalavignaTaekwondo
2009December 21Sarah MenezesJudo
Natália FalavignaTaekwondo
Poliana OkimotoOpen water swimming
2010December 21Fabiana MurerAthletics
Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Juliana Silva and Larissa FrançaBeach volleyball
2011December 19Fabiana MurerAthletics
Fabiana BeltrameRowing
Maurren MaggiAthletics
2012December 18Sheilla CastroVolleyball
Sarah MenezesJudo
Yane MarquesModern pentathlon
2013December 17Poliana OkimotoOpen water swimming
Rafaela SilvaJudo
Yane MarquesModern pentathlon
2014December 16Martine Grael and Kahena KunzeSailing
Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Mayra AguiarJudo
2015December 15Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Ágatha Bednarczuk and Bárbara SeixasBeach volleyball
Fabiana MurerAthletics
2016March 29, 2017Rafaela SilvaJudo
Martine Grael and Kahena KunzeSailing
Poliana OkimotoOpen water swimming
2017March 28, 2018Mayra AguiarJudo
Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Ana SátilaCanoe slalom
2018December 18Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Ana SátilaCanoe slalom
MartaFootball
2019December 10Beatriz FerreiraBoxing
Nathalie MoellhausenFencing
Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
2021December 7Rebeca AndradeArtistic gymnastics
Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Rayssa LealSkateboarding
2022February 2, 2023Rebeca AndradeArtistic gymnastics
Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Rayssa LealSkateboarding
2023December 15Rebeca AndradeArtistic gymnastics
Beatriz Haddad MaiaTennis
Ana Patrícia Ramos and Duda LisboaBeach volleyball

Fan's Choice

YearDateAthleteDiscipline
2014December 16Flávia SaraivaArtistic gymnastics
Aline FerreiraWrestling
César CieloSwimming
Diego HypólitoArtistic gymnastics
Isaquias QueirozCanoe sprint
Kahena KunzeSailing
Larissa FrançaBeach volleyball
Marcus Vinicius D'AlmeidaArchery
Martine GraelSailing
Matheus SantanaSwimming
Mayra AguiarJudo
Sheilla CastroVolleyball
Talita AntunesBeach volleyball
Tiago SplitterBasketball
2015December 15Thiago PereiraSwimming
Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar SchmidtBeach volleyball
Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Érika MirandaJudo
Fabiana MurerAthletics
Isaquias QueirozCanoe sprint
Marcelo MeloTennis
Yane MarquesModern pentathlon
2016March 29, 2017Rafaela SilvaJudo
Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar SchmidtBeach volleyball
Arthur MarianoArtistic gymnastics
Diego HypólitoArtistic gymnastics
Isaquias QueirozCanoe sprint
Martine Grael and Kahena KunzeSailing
Robson ConceiçãoBoxing
Poliana OkimotoOpen water swimming
Sérgio SantosVolleyball
Thiago Braz da SilvaAthletics
2017March 28, 2018Caio BonfimAthletics
Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Ana SátilaCanoe slalom
Bruno FratusSwimming
Evandro Oliveira and André SteinBeach volleyball
Gabriel MedinaSurfing
Letícia BufoniSkateboarding
Marcelo MeloTennis
Mayra AguiarJudo
Rebeca AndradeArtistic gymnastics
2018December 18Henrique AvanciniMountain biking
Ágatha Bednarczuk and Duda LisboaBeach volleyball
Arthur ZanettiArtistic gymnastics
Bruno FratusSwimming
Bruno RezendeVolleyball
Eduarda AmorimHandball
Érika MirandaJudo
Gabriel MedinaSurfing
Letícia BufoniSkateboarding
MartaFootball
2019December 10Hugo CalderanoTable tennis
Flávia SaraivaArtistic gymnastics
Italo FerreiraSurfing
Nathalie MoellhausenFencing
Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Bruno RezendeVolleyball
Mayra AguiarJudo
Paulo André de OliveiraAthletics
Pedro BarrosSkateboarding
Ana SátilaCanoe slalom
2021December 7Fernanda GarayVolleyball
Alison dos SantosAthletics
Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Beatriz FerreiraBoxing
Bruno FratusSwimming
Darlan RomaniAthletics
Douglas SouzaVolleyball
Gabriel MedinaSurfing
Hebert ConceiçãoBoxing
Isaquias QueirozCanoeing
Italo FerreiraSurfing
Kahena KunzeSailing
Martine GraelSailing
Mayra AguiarJudo
Pedro BarrosSkateboarding
Rayssa LealSkateboarding
Rebeca AndradeArtistic gymnastics
Robert ScheidtSailing
Rosamaria MontibellerVolleyball
2022February 2, 2023Hugo CalderanoTable tennis
Alison dos SantosAthletics
Ana Marcela CunhaOpen water swimming
Arthur MarianoArtistic gymnastics
Marcus Vinicius D'AlmeidaArchery
Rafaela SilvaJudo
Rayssa LealSkateboarding
Rebeca AndradeArtistic gymnastics
2023December 15Flávia SaraivaArtistic gymnastics
Augusto AkioSkateboarding
Bárbara DomingosRhythmic gymnastics
Beatriz FerreiraBoxing
Darlan SouzaVolleyball
Guilherme CostaSwimming

References

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