The Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be officially opened tonight at the Maracana Stadium and 15 athletes born in the Bavarian capital or active at one of the Munich based sports clubs are going to take part in the Games, muenchen.de informed today, August 5, 2016. They also bring a list with all the names of the athletes with their respective sports discipline. They are:
Hannah Krüger - Hockey - Münchner SC
Ferdinand Gerz - Sailing - Segler Verein Wörthsee
Melanie Behringer – Football - FC Bayern München
Sara Däbritz - Football - FC Bayern München
Melanie Leupolz - Football - FC Bayern München
Leonie Maier - Football - FC Bayern München
Claudia Lichtenberg – Street cycling - Lotto Soudal Ladies
Christina Hering - Track - LG Stadtwerke München
Fabienne Kohlmann - Trak - LG Karlstadt-Gambach-Lohr
Tobias Englmaier - Judo - TSV München-Großhadern
Sebastian Seidl - Judo - TSV Abendsberg
Alexandra Wenk - Swimming - SG Stadtwerke München
Philipp Wolf - Swimming - SG Stadtwerke München
Florian Vogel - Swimming - SG Stadtwerke München
Marcel Nguyen - Gymnastics - KTV Straubenhardt
The site also points out some bonds between Munich and Rio de Janeiro. The distance between Rio de Janeiro and Munich is exactly 9,606.11 kilometres. That is about 15 times the route Munich - Hamburg. Nevertheless, there are points of contact between Bavaria and Brazil. Many associations in Munich have dedicated themselves to the dance and martial arts combination known as Capoeira. There are restaurants serving Brazilian delicacies, such as the "Ver-o-Peso" in the Rosenheimerstraße. And finally lived at least 2,369 Brazilians live in Munich, of which 1,562 are women, according to data from December 31, 2015.
