The winners in the men’s and women’s categories will be announced on the 11th of this month in Rio de Janeiro
the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) The eight nominees in this category were announced on Wednesday Best athlete of the year and Winners by method to Brazil 2025 Olympic Prize.
In the women’s category, the nominees are: boxer Rebecca Lima, current world champion; Gaby Guimarães, bronze medalist with the women’s team at the Volleyball World Cup; Skier Raisa Leal, who became STU Pro Tour Rio’s greatest champion; And Maria Clara Pacheco, world champion in taekwondo. Gymnast Rebecca Andrade, winner of the category in 2023 and 2024, did not compete this year and was disqualified from the competition.
In the men’s category, race walking’s Caio Bonfim, gold and silver medalist at this year’s World Athletics Championships, will attempt to win the award for the second year in a row. Other competitors include table tennis player Hugo Calderano, World Cup champion and runner-up, surfer Iago Dora, World Surf League (WSL) champion, and Henrique Marquez, world taekwondo champion.
According to COB, the awards ceremony will be held on December 11 in Rio de Janeiro.
Get to know the winners of the 2025 Brazil Olympics below:
- Open Water – Ana Marcela Cunha
- Athletics – Caio Bonfim
- Badminton – Juliana Viana
- Basketball 3×3 – Gabriela Guimarães
- Basketball 5 x 5 – Iago dos Santos
- Baseball – Victor Coutinho
- Boxing – Rebecca Lima
- Kayaking – Anna Satella
- Fast rowing – Gabriel Assuncao
- Speed Rowing – Jackie Goodman
- BMX Freestyle Cycling – Gustavo de Oliveira “Pala Loca”
- BMX bike racing – Paula Reis
- Road cycling – Tota Magalhaes
- Mountain biking – Ulan Galinsky
- Cycling track – João Vitor da Silva
- Cricket – Laura Cardoso
- Snow Sports – Lucas Pinheiro Clutches (Alpine skiing)
- Ice Sports – Nicole Silvera (Skeleton)
- Sport Climbing – Anya Kohler
- Fencing – Isabella Carvalho
- Football Science – Karol Souza
- Football – Marta
- Artistic gymnastics – Flavia Saraiva
- Trampoline gymnastics – Camila Gomez
- Rhythmic gymnastics – Nicole Persio, Maria Paula Carminha, Eduarda Arakaki, Sofia Madeira, Mariana Gonçalves
- Golf – Fred Biondi
- Handball – Bruna De Paula
- Equestrian dressage – João Victor Oliva
- Equestrian CCE – Marcio Jorge
- Equestrian jumping – Stefan Barcha
- Field Hockey – Youri van der Heyden
- Judo – Daniil Karjanin
- Lacrosse – Titus Chapman
- Weightlifting – Laura Amaro
- Artistic Swimming – Gabriella Wrigley
- Swimming – Guilherme Caribe
- Modern Pentagram – John Xavier
- Water polo – Joao Fernandez
- Remo – Beatriz Tavares
- Coastal Kayaking – David Faria de Souza
- Rugby 7 – Thalia Costa
- Diving – Ana Lucia dos Santos and Luana Lira
- Skiing – Risa Leal
- Softball – Maira Sayumi Akamine
- Squash – Diego Gobbi
- Surfing – Iago Dora
- Taekwondo – Maria Clara Pacheco
- Tennis – Joao Fonseca
- Table Tennis – Hugo Calderano
- Archery – Marcos d’Almeida
- Sports shooting – Felipe Wu
- Triathlon – Miguel Hidalgo
- Candle – Matthew Isaac
- Beach Volleyball – Carol Solberg, Rebecca
- Volleyball – Gabriela Guimarães
- Greco-Roman wrestling – Pedro Henrique Rodriguez
- Free Fight – Eduarda Batista