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Goalball At The 2016 Summer Paralympics
Goalball was an event contested at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. Medallists Qualifying 10 men's and 10 women's teams qualified for the Games. Men Women Men's tournament Competition format The ten men's teams were divided into two equal groups for a round robin tournament, single round robin group stage. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter finals. All matches in the second stage were Single-elimination tournament, knock-out format. Group stage Group A Group B Knock-out round Women's tournament Competition format The ten women's teams were divided into two equal groups for a round robin tournament, single round robin group stage. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter finals. All matches in the second stage were Single-elimination tournament, knock-out format. The Algerian women's team did not show up in time for its matches against the United States or Israel. The team missed connecting flights ...
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Future Arena
The Future Arena (Portuguese: Arena do Futuro) was a temporary sporting venue in Barra da Tijuca, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that was used for handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. After the games, the venue was planned to be dismantled and reassembled as four schools. As of August 2017, these plans had been abandoned by Rio's mayor Marcelo Crivella, but were reinstated sometime after. In 2022, demolition of the arena started. The first of the two reassembled schools opened in February 2024, with the other two opening in March, all in a lesser developed part in the west of Rio de Janeiro. All four schools teach will teach STEAM fields, as part of a model introduced by the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro. References

Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball venues Barra Olympic Park Indoor arenas in Brazil Handball venues in Brazil Sports venues completed in 2016 Sports venues demolished in 202 ...
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José Roberto Oliveira
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ...
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Ju Zhen
Ju Zhen (, born 10 May 1989) is a Chinese goalball player. She won a silver medal at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics. Like her national teammates Lin Shan, Fan Feifei, and Wang Ruixue, Ju Zhen started playing the sport under coach Wang Jinqin at the Weifang School of the Blind in Weifang, Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ... province. References External links * 1989 births Living people Chinese female goalball players Paralympic goalball players for China Paralympic silver medalists for China Paralympic medalists in goalball Goalball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2010 Asia ...
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Chen Fengqing
Chen Fengqing (, born 17 July 1985) is a Chinese goalball player. She won a silver medal at each of the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Paralympics. Chen's visual impairment was congenital A birth defect is an abnormal condition that is present at childbirth, birth, regardless of its cause. Birth defects may result in disability, disabilities that may be physical disability, physical, intellectual disability, intellectual, or dev .... Before she took on goalball in 2003, Chen was doing farm work in her hometown. References External links * 1985 births Living people Chinese female goalball players Paralympic goalball players for China Paralympic silver medalists for China Paralympic medalists in goalball Goalball players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer ...
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Sümeyye Özcan (Paralympian)
Sümeyye Özcan (born 15 January 1992) is a Turkish female middle distance runner and goalball player in the B1 class. She is a member of the national team. Early years Sümeyye Özcan was born totally blind in Malatya, Turkey on 15 January 1992. Her elder sister as well as her younger sibling is also blind. Because there was no proper facilities for schooling blind children in Malatya, the family moved to Kahramanmaraş in 2001. She completed her education with the Ertuğrul Gazi School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Kahramanmaraş. Sporting career Özcan began with goal playing in 2004, and with athletics in 2009. She competes in the 800m, 1500m and shot put events. She is a member of both the national goalball team and national para-athletics team. She competed for her school's team in Kahramanmaraş, and took part at the European Championships in 2009 and 2010 after internationally debuting in 2007. She represented her country at the 2011 and 2013 World Championsh ...
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Buket Atalay
Buket Atalay (born 14 August 1990) is a Turkish female Paralympian goalball player. She is a member of the national team. Sporting career Atalay competes for Kahramanmaraş Gençlik Gücü SK in Kahramanmaraş. She enjoyed the champion title with the national team at the 2015 IBSA Goalball European Championships Division A in Kaunas, Lithuania, which was a qualifier competition for the 2016 Paralympics. She was a member of the women's national goalball team at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won the gold medal with her teammates at the Paralympics. Honours International * 2012 IBSA European Goalball Championships B in Ascoli Piceno, Italy * 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships in Konya, Turkey.. * Malmö Lady- and Men InterVup 2014, Sweden. * 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships in Espoo, Finland * 2015 IBSA Goalball European Championships Div. A in Kauna, Lithuania. * Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament, 2016 Summer ...
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Gülşah Düzgün
Gülşah Düzgün (born Gülşah Aktürk on 25 September 1995) is a Turkish female Paralympian goalball player. She is a member of the national team. Private life Gülşah Düzgün was born to İsmail Aktürk and his spouse Mğrvet on 25 September 1995. She completed her secondary education in a school for the blinds and visually impaired. She is married to her club mate Tekin Okan Düzgün, also a visually impaired sportsman and a national goalball player. In 2018, she gave birth to a daughter, Elif Bera. Sporting career The visually impaired girl started performing goalball in the school through her physical training teacher in 2006. She played in the beginning in the school team, and later in a club. In 2007 at age 12, she was admitted to the national team, and was coached by Alşi Tekçe. She debuted internationally at a tournament in Germany in 2009. Düzgün competes for Kahramanmaraş Ertuğrul Gazi Disabled SK in Kahramanmaraş. She enjoyed the champion title with t ...
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Sevda Altınoluk
Sevda Altunoluk (born 1 April 1994) is a Turkish Paralympian goalball player competing for Yenimahalle Belediyespor in Ankara. She is a member of the national team, and was named several times as ''Top goalscorer''. In 2021, she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.Goalball player Sevda Altunoluk: 'I am the world's best'
(video), BBC News, 9 December 2021


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Sevda Altunoluk was born on 1 April 1994). She is a native of in Turkey. Her sister Sevtap Altunoluk is also a national goalball player.


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Seda Yıldız
Seda Yıldız (born 7 December 1998) is a Turkish female Paralympian goalball player. She is a member of the national team. Sporting career Yıldız competes for Kahramanmaraş Ertuğrul Gazi Disabled SK in Kahramanmaraş. She enjoyed the champion title with the national team at the 2015 IBSA Goalball European Championships Division A in Kaunas, Lithuania, which was a qualifier competition for the 2016 Paralympics. Yıldız was a member of the women's national goalball team at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won the gold medal with her teammates at the Paralympics. Honours International * 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships in Konya, Turkey * Malmö Lady- and Men InterVup 2014, Sweden. * 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships in Espoo, Finland. * 2015 IBSA Goalball European Championships Div. A in Kaunas, Lithuania. * 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. * 2019 IBSA Goalball European Champişonship in Rostock Rostock (; Polab ...
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Neşe Mercan
Neşe Mercan (born 19 September 1994) is a Turkish female Paralympian goalball player. She is a member of the national team. Early years Neşe Mercan was born in İskenderun of Hatay Province, Turkey on 19 September 1994. Sporting career Mercan was a member of the women's national goalball team at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won the gold medal with her teammates at the Paralympics. In 2018, she enjoyed her national team's silver medal win at the Goalball World Championships in Malmö, Sweden. She was part of the national team, which became champion at the 2019 IBSA Goalball European Championship held in Rostock, Germany. Her team became undefeated champion at the 2019 Elite Teams International Women Goalball Tournament in Japan. Honours International * 2012 IBSA European Goalball Championships B in Ascoli Piceno, Italy * 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championship in Konya, Turkey * 2015 IBSA Goalball European Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania * 20 ...
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Romário Marques
Romário de Souza Faria (born 29 January 1966), known simply as Romário (), is a Brazilian politician and former professional footballer who is currently a Senator for Rio de Janeiro and the president of football club America-RJ. A prolific striker renowned for his clinical finishing, he scored over 700 goals for his clubs and country, and he is considered one of the greatest players of all time."The Joy of Six: Great finishers"
''The Guardian''. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2013
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Jose Márcio Sousa
Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. Given name Mishnaic and Talmudic periods *Jose ben Abin *Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galilean *Jose ben Halafta * Jose ben Jochanan *Jose ben Joezer of Zeredah * Jose ben Saul Male *Jose (actor), Indian actor * Jose Balagtas, Filipino film director *Jose Baxter (born 1992), English footballer *Jose Davis (born 1978), American football player *Jose Glover (died 1638), English minister and pioneer of the printing press in the New World *Jose Kattukkaran (born 1950), Indian politician *Jose Kurushinkal, Indian cricket umpire *Jose Kusugak (1950–2011), Inuk politician *Jose Lambert (born 1941), Belgian professor * Jose K. Mani (born 1965), Indian politician *Jose Mugrabi (born 1939), Israeli businessman *Jose Nandhikkara (born 1964), Indian author *Jose Pellissery (1950–2004), Indian film actor *Jose Chacko Periappuram (born 1958), Indian surgeon *Jo ...
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