THE BRAZILIAN OLYMPIC ATHLETE WILLY SEEWALD: MEMOIRS OF THE ?RST NATIONAL THROWING JAVELIN’S RECORD-BREAKER

Authors

  • Janice Zarpellon Mazo UFRGS
  • Tiago Oviedo Frosi UFRGS
  • Paula Andreatta Maduro ULBRA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-32892012000300003

Keywords:

History, Sport, Athletics, Olympic Games.

Abstract

This study records Willy Seewald’s athletic trajectory, which was an eminent athlete on regional and national sports scenery and also participated of the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, on throwing javelin event. The study was made by consulting printed sources like journals, magazines and personal documents, and oral sources recorded through interviews with the athlete’s family. Willy’s trajectory shows us that to be considered a gentleman, a good sport practitioner, in Brazil the requirement differs from Europe’s.

Author Biographies

Janice Zarpellon Mazo, UFRGS

Doutora em Ciências do Desporto (FADEUP - Porto - Portugal). Universidade Federal do Ro Grande do Sul. Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

Tiago Oviedo Frosi, UFRGS

Bacharel em Educação Física (UFRGS). Universidade Federal do Ro Grande do Sul. Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua Itagibá, nº21, Santa tereza, Porto Alegre. CEP: 90850-310. Fone: 51 9677 2801 ou 51 3231 6324.

Paula Andreatta Maduro, ULBRA

Mestre em Ciências do Movimento Humano (UFRGS). Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA). Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

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Published

2012-03-10

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 3 (2012)

Section

Artigos Originais