Silver medallist at Atlanta 1996 and bronze at Sydney 2000, Adriana Santos is the team coordinator for the Brazilian delegation and will act as a "voice of experience" for the women's basketball team. "Brazil has a complicated road ahead," she says.

Voted Brazil's best athlete in 2001, swimmer Danilo Glasser foresees a new era for Paralympic sport after the Rio 2016 Games. "Brazil is very close to cementing itself as a Paralympic power. We will be setting the bar soon," he said.

Considered one of the best shooters of all time, Athos Pisoni that he considers the torch's visit to city Americana his third participation at the Olympic Games (he competed in 1976 and led the team in 1996).