Brazil’s Bolsa Atleta program, the world’s largest particular person sports activities sponsorship initiative, has obtained a document variety of functions for 2024, exceeding 9,000 submissions. This system, recognized for its inclusivity, helps athletes throughout numerous classes, together with pregnant and postpartum girls, deaf athletes, and assistants to Paralympic opponents.
The Nationwide Athlete class obtained probably the most functions (5,990), adopted by Worldwide (1,448), College students (699), Olympic/Paralympic and Deaf athletes (534), and Grassroots athletes (405). Notably, this system boasts a various applicant pool, with 44.25% girls, 55.75% males, and 24% individuals with disabilities, based on a press release from the Sports activities Ministry’s press workplace.
The listing of sponsored athletes for 2024 is predicted to be introduced between June tenth and seventeenth. That is reported by Toda Palavra, a accomplice of TV BRICS.
This 12 months, this system anticipates a document funding of R$162 million (US$31.82 million), surpassing the R$120.5 million (US$23.67 million) distributed in 2023.
