Former volleyball player Anna Moser He took office, this Wednesday, as Minister of Sports from the boss Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT). At a ceremony held at the Esplanada dos Ministérios, in Brasilia, the 54-year-old former athlete stated that The main mission of the portfolio is to reduce inequality in access to sport in the country, reflect the sector’s focus on high-performance sports in recent years and ensure the constitutional right.
The Ministry of Sports has been reduced to a government Jair Bolsonaro (PL)It is incorporated into citizenship. During the campaign, Lola committed to recreating Vol. According to Anna Moser, she was approached by the Labor Party to bring about a “revolution” in the region, linking sport with education, health and social assistance, so that more people would benefit from sport in every possible way. The development of amateur sports is also on the agenda.
“When we talked, there was a lot of understanding. He’s someone who understands firsthand what sport is,” said Ana, recalling Lula’s experience as a player on the floodplains of São Paulo. “This has always been a challenge: how to educate leaders to understand the potential of sports. It is necessary to develop a culture of movement practice in families and neighborhoods.”
Anna Moser, the first woman in history to head the ministry, stated that the great challenge she faces at the head of the Ministry of Sports will be to implement a structure in the country to serve the largest number of citizens. According to it, the objectives of the portfolio will be negotiated in the National Plan for Sport (PNESporte). But it will not materialize during his four-year tenure because the gap in sports access in Brazil is “too big”.
“We need to set feasible goals, gradually take over the national territory, create this structure through networking centers, and communicate with institutions and projects that go along with encouraging the practice of sports,” the minister said. “
“We have this (sports) culture in the country, but we depend on luck to get there. We have no idea about the total population that plays sports. It will be necessary to build a union with other ministries, such as health and education.”
The Ministry of Sports has suffered repeated budget losses over the past few years. Bolsa Atleta, the main program of the ministry created during Lula’s first term, has not undergone any modification since 2015 and did not have a public notice issued by the federation in 2020. She will maintain an open dialogue with bodies and athletes through the Secretariat for Sport and Performance, Anna Moser said, It is headed by former basketball player Marta Sobral. The minister also said that in football she would open a dialogue with organized supporters, citing the social function of these groups.
At the end of the ceremony, Pele was mentioned by Anna Moser, who died on December 29, at the age of 82. An appeal was made for the King of Football’s name to baptize schools across Brazil. “Thus, the students of these schools will learn about the history of Pele and the history of the sport.” I also remembered the former volleyball player Isabel Salgado, part of the artistic sports group of Lula’s transitional government group and who died in November, and Socrates, the idol of the Corinthians.
Anna Moser is the founder Institute of Sport and Education (IEE), a non-governmental organization created in 2001 with the aim of assisting children and adolescents with the methodology of educational sports, in addition to training teachers and trainees. The organization was born out of the project I am Moser SportsWhich aims to train athletes on the basis of teaching volleyball in public and private schools.
Triumph career in the courts
Born in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Ana Moser was part of the Brazilian women’s volleyball team at the Seoul Olympics and was only 20 years old. He also participated in the Barcelona Games in 1992, and four years later won the bronze medal in Atlanta. She also helped Brazil win gold three times at the Volleyball Grand Prix extinction event (1994, 1996 and 1998), and took silver at the Pan de Havana (1991).
An indicator of extreme physical strength, Anna Moser has lived with injuries during her career. He left the court in 1999, four years after suffering a serious knee injury. She served as an assistant to coach Jose Roberto Guimarães at the 2003 World Cup and was immortalized in the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2009.
In addition to working for the IEE, the former player worked as a commentator on the channels ESPNAnd Bandeirantes that it TV network. In addition, she authored the book I Am Moser: With My Own Hand, in which she tells her path in the courts over the course of her 15-year career.
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