O programa Talento Olímpico do Paraná: uma análise dos contemplados de 2011 a 2017

Abstract

The present work had as objective to verify the evolution of the promotion of the sports of Paraná income, through the financing of the program Olympic Talent of Paraná (TOP), between the years of 2011 to 2017. This program aims to make the State of Paraná a sports power. As methodological procedures, this research was based on a quantitative approach of descriptive character. The documents and / or official state government news published by the Paraná Sports and Tourism Secretariat, within the aforementioned interval, were analyzed, thus identifying the name, age, sex and city of the athletes contemplated, the distribution by type of scholarship, and the financial amount allocated to each modality. The data analysis was done through descriptive statistics. The results indicate that males are the most encouraged in the distribution of scholarships in the program. In terms of scholarship categories, it was found that TOP School, TOP State, TOP Intern, TOP International, TOP International, TOP National, TOP Olimpo, TOP Rio, TOP Technical, TOP Technical Trainer, in descending order, were encouraged during the studied years. In total, there were 7118 grants over the six editions analyzed. In relation to the total amount spent, an amount of R$ 23,924,950.00 was invested from 2011 to 2017, except for the year 2013/14, with the highest amount collected, with a total of R$ 7,423,800, 00. It is worth mentioning that the year with greater opportunities: 2017, with a total of 1591 purse and the year with fewer opportunities 2011, with 250 purse. The five modalities most encouraged through TOP, from 2011 to 2017 were: Athletics, Handball, Volleyball, Basketball and Football. It was concluded that there was an evolution of the performance sport of Paraná income through the financing of the program Talent Olympic of Paraná between the years 2011 to 2017.