According to the Federação Paranaense de Taekwondo (Taekwondo Federation of Paraná) Anderson Silva, who is the state’s ambassador of Taekwondo sinc 2013, has made an official request to the president of the Brazilian Confederation of Taekwondo expressing his intents on competing in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
Anderson is 5th degree black belt in Taekwondo, as well as a black belt in Judo and 3rd degree black belt in BJJ.
Anderson wrote:
(Translated from Portuguese) “Everyone knows that for a high-performance athlete, the Olympic Games are the highest dream, and I’m no different. When President Carlos Fernandes named me ambassador of the sport, that feeling became even stronger and, with the games being in my country, that Olympic spirit left me very motivated. It will be an immense pleasure to be part of this golden team, which has a serious institution, commanded by President Carlos Fernandes who honors us, along with his whole team. In this manner, I leave here my wishes to represent Taekwondo and Brazil in the Olympic Games in Rio 2016. With all my esteem, strength and honor.”
The preseident of the Taekwondo federatin will meet with Anderson Silva in person this week.
Taekwondo is an Olympic sport since 2000, and Brazil has had just one medal, in Beijing in 2008, by Natalia Falavigna.
As the host country, Brazil has four guaranteed places in Taekwondo, with a possible additional four if fighters qualify in the rankings.
