The Brazilian Ice Sports Federation ( Portuguese : Confederação Brasileira de Desportos no Gelo , CBDG ) was founded by Eric Maleson , Brazil's first bobsled athlete. The CBDG was established in 1996 and affiliated to the Brazilian Olympic Committee in 1999. The federation qualified 7 athletes for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , Utah (5 bobsled athletes and 2 luge athletes) and a 4-man bobsled team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino .
3-592: The federation is responsible for the development of all winter Olympic ice sport modalities for Brazil including bobsled , skeleton , luge , figure , long track and short track speed skating , curling , and ice hockey . The Brazilian Ice Sports Federation made curling history in August 2008 when they challenged the United States for a berth at the World Curling Championship . This
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9-686: Was the first time any South American team has offered a challenge to the United States for a berth in the World Curling Championship. The players involved trained in Lennoxville , Quebec and included Luis Silva , Marcelo De Mello , Celso Kossaka and Cesar Santos . See 2009 USA-Brazil Challenge . The Brazilian team were unsuccessful, losing the challenge 3 games to none. This article about sports in Brazil
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