Murer and Cielo, Brazil’s Best Athletes in 2011

Brasilia, Dec 20. -Fabiana Murer (Polevault) and Cesar Cielo (Swimming) were elected Brazil's Athletes of the Year 2011, while Rosicleia Campos (judo) and Ruben Magnano (basketball) were declared best coaches in a ceremony held Monday night in Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater.

G1, Globo Website newscast, says Murer wins her second consecutive title for her 4.85-meter-jump in Daegu, South Korea, and for being the first Brazilian Polevault World Champion as well as winning Silver in the Guadalajara Pan-American Games in Mexico.

"I am happy with this second trophy; it was really a good year… I have a lot of work ahead; I already started training to compete with all my might for an Olympic medal in London," said Murer.

Cielo's merits came in winning the 50-meter-free-style and 50-meter-butterfly in Xangai, China, and the 50 and 100 meter-free-style and 4×100 -free-style rely and 4×100 rely medley.

Winners by Olympic Disciplines:

Athletics: Fabiana Murer

Badminton: Daniel Paiola

Basketball: Marcelo Huertas

Handball: Chana Masson

Boliche: Marcelo Suartz

Boxing: Everton Lopes

Slalom Cannoeing: Cássio Petry

Cannoeing: Nivalter Santos

Cycling BMX: Renato Rezende

Route Cycling: Murilo Fischer

Mountain Byking: Rubens Valeriano

Track Cycling: Sumaia Ribeiro

Winter sports: Mirlene Picin

Winter sports: Luiz Fernando Manella

Fencing: Guilherme Toldo

Water Skiing: Marcelo Giardi

Football: Neymar Santos

Artistic Gymnastics: Diego Hypólito

Polevault: Giovanna Matheus

Rythmic Gymnastics: Angélica Kvieczynski

Artistic Horse Race: Luiza Almeida

CCE Horse Race: Serguei Fofanoff

Horse Race Jump: Bernardo Alves

Field Hockey: Thalita Cabral

Judo: Leandro Guilheiro

Karate: Lucélia Brose

Weight Lifting: Fernando Reis

Wrestling: Aline Ferreira

Swimming Marathon: Poliana Okimoto

Swimming: Cesar Cielo

Synchronized Swimming: Nayara Figueira

Artistic Skating: Marcel Stürmer

Pentathlon: Yane Marques

Water Polo: Marina Canetti

Rowing: Fabiana Beltrame

Rugby 7: Diego Lopez

Artistic Jumps: Cesar Castro

Squash: Thaisa Serafini

Taek-won-do: Marcio Ferreira

Tennis: Rogério Dutra

Table Tennis: Hugo Hoyama

Archery: Ana Marcelle dos Santos

Sports Shooting: Ana Luiza Ferrao

Triathlon: Reinaldo Colucci

Sailing: Robert Scheidt / Bruno Prada

Beach Volleyball: Emanuel Rego

Volleyball: Murilo Endres  (Prensa Latina)