In Ten Days More Than 53,000 Enroll in the 2023 Call for Athlete Scholarship

In the first ten days of enrolling in the 2023 call for the Bolsa Atleta, more than 5,300 athletes expressed interest in joining the Ministry of Sports program Bolsa Atleta guarantees a monthly transfer of R$ 370 to R$ 3,100 to high-performance competitors who had significant results in 2022 in Olympic and Paralympic program modalities.

Until early afternoon this Thursday (9 02), there were 5,338 registrations registered, with 2,955 females and 2,383 males.

There are 4,013 athletes in Olympic sports and 1,325 in Paralympic sports The sport with the highest number of subscribers is Paralympic athletics, with 454, followed by Olympic athletics, with 431.

Among the Bolsa Atleta categories, 209 registrations are for junior athletes, 298 for the student category, 1 055 for the international category, 3,539 for the national and 237 for the Olympic/Paralympic category.

Registration remains open until February 17 and the process of joining and sending documentation is completely online The estimated federal investment for the public notice is R$ 82 million.

The forecast is that the list of recipients will be released between April 11 and 15 Since 2005, when the Bolsa Atleta had the first list of beneficiaries released, 87,873 athletes have already received the resources.

The process of nominating eligible athletes is carried out by the national sport administration entities, such as confederations, the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB), the Brazilian Confederation of School Sports (CBDE) and the Brazilian Confederation of University Sports ( CBDU) The program includes athletes from 14 years old.

Bolsa Atleta also has a Podium category, aimed at elite athletes ranked among the top 20 in the world This range provides for monthly transfers of R$ 5,000 to R$ 15,000 and has a separate public notice, which was published in December 2022.

Combining the two public notices, federal investment in the program exceeds R$ 120 million per year Proven relevance The scope of Bolsa Atleta can be measured by the results of the national teams in the main competitions.

At the Tokyo Games, for example, 80% of the members of the Olympic delegation and 95% of the Paralympic delegation were scholarship holders At the Olympic Games, the country won 21 medals (seven gold, six silver and eight bronze) in 13 sports.

The result meant the 12th place in the medal table In 19 of the 21 podiums (90.

45%), the athletes received the Bolsa Atleta At the Paralympics, 72 medals (22 gold, 20 silver and 30 bronze) were won, which brought Brazil to seventh place in the medal table.

Fellows represented 68 of the 72 podiums won: 94 4% of the total.

Communication Office - ME.