Delivering Success: Engagement, Legacy and Vision Olympic Winter Games 2026 Case Study Rio 2016 A year on from the Olympic Games Rio 2016, the Transforma education programme has produced impressive results in broadening the range of sports available to schoolchildren in Brazil, where football, basketball and volleyball have traditionally tended to dominate. More than eight million children in 16,000 schools have bene昀椀ted since the start of the programme in 2013, participating in sports Sport instils respect, equality, including badminton, rugby and 昀椀eld hockey. willpower and responsibility, all One important aspect of Transforma is that of which apply in and out of class. it has brought together a coalition involving federations, sponsors and Olympic athletes With time, students have come to as well as students, teachers and parents. understand the importance of values in everyday life and in Teachers in Brazil have been extremely positive about the impact of Transforma all environments. so far and even identi昀椀ed a positive impact Jorgina Rodrigues Guimarães on student engagement. PE teacher Carla Da Silva Reis Alves of the Rosa Da Fonseca Rosa Municipal School Principal Municipal School has identi昀椀ed a positive effect in terms of behaviour: “Students are more attentive to each other and there’s a lot less bullying. They respect people who 8m 16,000 do something different and they’re schoolchildren have schools have responding positively to new things. They bene昀椀ted from the participated really take part now and the relationship Transforma programme in Transforma between students and teachers is excellent.” Sporting Legacy 32