João Victor Marcari Oliva (born 2 February 1996) is a Brazilian Olympic dressage rider.[1] He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he finished 10th in the team competition and 46th in the individual competition.[2]

João Oliva
João Oliva and Signo dos Pinhais (2014 World Equestrian Games)
Personal information
Born (1996-02-02) February 2, 1996 (age 28)
São Paulo, Brazil
Sport
SportEquestrian
EventDressage
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Individual dressage
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Team dressage
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Team dressage
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Team dressage
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago Individual dressage
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago Team dressage

Oliva also represented Brazil at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, where he finished 24th in team dressage and 85th in the individual dressage competition. In 2015, he participated at the Pan American Games, where he won a bronze medal in team dressage.[3]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

He is a son of Hortência Marcari, Olympic silver medalist in basketball from 1996.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "João Victor Marcari Oliva". fei.org. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. ^ João Victor Oliva se despede de Tóquio com o melhor resultado da história do adestramento brasileiro
  3. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 – Dressage" (PDF). FEI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Equestrian - MARCARI OLIVA Joao Victor". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  5. ^ "Tóquio 2020: Filho de Hortência será primeiro atleta brasileiro na Vila Olímpica". CNN Brasil. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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