Colo has several meanings:

• Colo (gorilla), a gorilla individual
• Colo (volcano) in Indonesia
• Colo, Iowa, a small city in the United States
• Colo, New South Wales, a town in Australia
• Colo River in Australia
• Colo, an alternate name for the Alemow (Citrus × macrophylla)
• Colo., an abbreviation for the U.S. state of Colorado
• Colo, a colloquial term for the French École Nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer
• Short for colocation centre

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Nando de Colo

Valencia
Point Guard , Shooting Guard
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Aladdin[1]
Born	(1987-06-23) June 23, 1987 (age 25) Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, France
Nationality	French
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA Draft	2009 / 2nd round, 53rd overall
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Pro career	2006–present
League	Spanish ACB League
Career history
Cholet Basket (2006-09)
Career highlights and awards
French All-Star Game MVP 2007 Semaine des As champion and MVP (2008) French Pro A MVP 2008 Eurocup champion (2010)
Medals Men’s basketball Competitor for  France FIBA European Championship Silver 2011 Lithuania Team

Nando de Colo (alternate spelling: Nando De Colo) (born June 23, 1987 in Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, France) is a French professional basketball player. His parents are from Portugal.

Pro career[link]

De Colo made his professional debut during the 2006-07 season with the French Pro A club Cholet Basket. Under supervision of head coach Erman Kunter, he contributed largely to the good performances of his club, winning the 2008 Semaine des As, reaching the finals of the 2008 French Cup and of the 2009 Eurochallenge.

He was drafted with the 53rd pick by the NBA club the San Antonio Spurs in the 2009 NBA Draft. He then moved to the Spanish ACB League club Valencia in 2009. He won the 2010 Eurocup title.

French national team[link]

De Colo is also a member of the senior French national basketball team, and he played with them at the EuroBasket 2009, the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the EuroBasket 2011. He won the silver medal at the Eurobasket 2011 in Lithuania.

References[link]

External links[link]

• NBA.com Profile
• Euroleague.net Profile
• 2010 FIBA World Championship Profile
• Spanish League Profile (Spanish)
• Draftexpress.com Profile

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João Bosco on a show in Milan, Italy, 1996.

João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, better known as João Bosco (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒoãw ˈbosku]) is a noted Brazilian singer-songwriter^[1][2] with a distinctive style as a guitarist. In the 1970s he established his reputation in Brazilian MPB alongside collaborator lyricist Aldir Blanc.

Born on July 13, 1946, in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, João Bosco's profession was engineering when he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where his songs were also recorded by Elis Regina and were a success. He soon became admired as a versatile vocalist and a dynamic performer. João Bosco has been noted for "his singular fusion of Arab culture, Afro-American music and Brazilian styles bossa nova," influenced by American jazz.^{[citation needed]} In the introduction to his three-volume Songbook, Almir Chediak observes, "Brilliant composer João Bosco's melodic and harmonic constructions are among the most auspicious in Brazilian music." ^[3] Chapter Five of Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song MPB 1965-1985 by Charles A. Perrone (U Texas P 1989) is dedicated to the work of Bosco and Blanc.

Notable compositions[link]

• O Bêbado e a Equilibrista
• Papel Mache
• Corsário
• O Mestre Sala dos Mares
• Kid Cavaquinho
• Latin Lover
• Jade

Discography[link]

• Disco De Bolso (Pasquim) 1972
• João Bosco 1973
• Caça à Raposa 1975
• Galos De Briga 1976
• Trio De Misericórdia 1977
• Linha De Passe 1979
• Bandalhismo 1980
• Essa É A Sua Vida 1981
• Comissão De Frente 1982
• João Bosco Ao Vivo 1983
• Gagabirô 1984
• Cabeça de Nego 1986
• Ai Ai Ai De Mim 1987
• Bosco 1989
• Zona De Fronteira 1991
• Acústico MTV 1992
• Na Onda Que Balança 1994
• Dá Licença Meu Senhor 1995
• As Mil E Uma Aldeias 1997
• Benguelê 1998
• Na Esquina 2000
• João Bosco Ao Vivo 2001
• Malabaristas Do Sinal Vermelho 2003
• Songbook 1/2/3 2003
• Obrigado Gente! Ao Vivo 2006 (live performance DVD available)
• Senhoras do Amazonas 2010

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website (Portuguese)
• Brazilian Music

Brandon Mroz
Mroz at the 2009 Worlds
Personal information
Full name	Brandon Mroz
Country represented	United States
Born	(1990-12-22) December 22, 1990 (age 21) St. Louis, Missouri
Residence	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Coach	Tom Zakrajsek Becky Calvin
Former coach	Doug Leigh
Choreographer	Catarina Lindgren Lori Nichol
Former choreographer	Tom Dickson Kurt Browning
Skating club	Broadmoor Skating Club
Current training locations	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Began skating	1994
World standing	23 (As of 16 June 2011 (2011 -06-16)[update])[1]
Season's bests	17 (2010–2011)[2] 23 (2009–2010)[3] 19 (2008–2009)[4]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	216.80 2010 Cup of China
Short program	76.10 2009 Worlds
Free skate	146.96 2010 Cup of China

Brandon Mroz (born December 22, 1990) is an American figure skater. He is the 2009 U.S. silver medalist and the 2006 & 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist. He has the record of the first skater to complete a quadruple lutz jump in a sanctioned competition.^[5][6][7]

Personal life[link]

Brandon Mroz was born in St. Louis, Missouri, one of four brothers.^[8] His mother and a brother suffered serious injuries in a car accident.^[8] Mroz's mother was at one time a synchronized skater, and his father a hockey player.^[9]

Mroz aspires to become a dentist.^[8] He lives and trains in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[10] In addition to singles skating, he has also trained as an ice dancer and tested in that discipline up to silver level in the U.S. Figure Skating testing structure.

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Mroz began skating at age 3 and a half.

In the 2001–2002 season, Mroz competed on the Juvenile level, the lowest competitive level in the United States. He represented the St Louis Skating Club in competition. He won his regional competition,^[11] the Upper Great Lakes Regional Championship, to qualify at the Juvenile level for the 2002 U.S. Junior Championships, where he placed 6th in his qualifying group^[12] and went on to place 18th overall.^[13]

In the 2002–2003 season, Mroz moved up to the Intermediate level. He won both the short program and the free skate at his regional competition to win the gold medal overall.^[14] By this win he qualified to compete at the Intermediate level at the 2003 U.S. Junior Championships, where he placed second in his qualifying group,^[15] 16th in the short program,^[16] and 7th in the free skate to place 11th overall.^[17]

In the 2003–2004 season, Mroz moved up to the Novice level. At the regional championship, the first qualifying competition for the United States Figure Skating Championships, Mroz won the short program^[18] and the free skate to win the gold medal overall.^[19] This win qualified him for the 2004 Midwestern Sectional Championships, the second and final qualifying competition for the national championships. At Sectionals, Mroz placed fourth in the short program^[20] and second in the free skate to win the silver medal overall.^[21] With this medal he qualified for the 2004 U.S. Championships at the Novice level. At Nationals, Mroz placed 7th in the short program^[22] and the free skate to place 7th overall.^[23] Following the event, Mroz competed at the 2004 Copenhagen Trophy, where he won the novice men's competition after winning both segments of the competition^[24]

In the 2004–2005 season, Mroz remained on the Novice level. At his regional championships, he placed second in the short program^[25] and in the free skate to win the silver medal overall.^[26] This medal qualified him for the Midwestern Sectional Championships where he placed 8th in the short program^[27] and 5th in the free skate to place 6th overall.^[28] Due to this placement, he did not qualify for the 2005 U.S. Championships.

In the 2005–2006 season, Mroz remained on the Novice level for a third and final season. He had moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado for his training, and represented the Broadmoor Skating Club there. A switch of club meant a change of region. Competing at the Southwestern Regional Championship, Mroz won the short program^[29] and the free skate to win the gold medal overall.^[30] This win qualified him for the 2006 Midwestern Sectionals where Mroz competed for the first time under the ISU Judging System. He won the short program^[31] and placed second in the free skate to win the gold medal overall, ahead of Eliot Halverson.^[32] This win qualified him, again, for the 2006 U.S. Championships.

At the 2006 U.S. Championships, Mroz won the short program by a point margin of 1.48.^[33] He placed third in the free skate,^[34] 5.25 points behind the leader in that segment. Mroz won the silver medal overall, placing 2.26 points behind champion Eliot Halverson and 2.94 points ahead of bronze medalist Curran Oi.^[35] In his free skate, Mroz landed all the triples except for the Axel, including a triple lutz-triple toe combination.^[36]

Junior career[link]

Mroz was assigned to the 2006 Triglav Trophy. Competing on the junior level for the first time in his career, Mroz won both the short^[37] and free programs to win the gold medal overall, winning the title by 25.84 points ahead of silver medalist Jamie Forsythe.^[38]

In the 2006–2007 season, Mroz moved up to the Junior level on the national level, and he debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. At his first Junior Grand Prix event, the event in Mexico City, Mexico, Mroz placed 11th in the short program and then won the free skate to take the silver medal overall, placing 7.53 points behind champion Kevin Reynolds and 0.16 points head of bronze medalist Daisuke Murakami.^[39] At Mroz's second event, the Junior Grand Prix event in Taipei City, Taiwan, Mroz won the short program and placed second in the free skate to win the gold medal overall, placing 7.73 points ahead of silver medalist Reynolds.^[40]

These two medals qualified Mroz for the Junior Grand Prix Final, to which he was the fourth-ranked qualifier overall.^[41] By qualifying for the event, Mroz also earned a bye to the national championships and so did not need to compete at qualifying events. At the JGP Final, Mroz placed 5th in the short program and 2nd in the free skate. He won the silver medal overall, placing 20.07 points behind champion Stephen Carriere and 6.76 ahead of bronze medalist Reynolds.^[42]

Mroz then competed at the 2007 U.S. Championships. Mroz placed second in the short program^[43] and third in the free skate.^[44] He won the silver medal overall, placing 9.23 points behind champion Eliot Halverson and 0.62 points ahead of bronze medalist Austin Kanallakan^[45] This was the second consecutive year in which Halverson and Mroz had won gold and silver at the national championships.

Mroz was subsequently placed on the team for the 2007 World Junior Championships where he placed 7th in the short program and 2nd in the free skate to place 4th overall, finishing exactly two points behind bronze medalist Sergei Voronov and 0.08 points ahead of 5th place finisher Kevin Reynolds^[46]

In the 2007–2008 season, Mroz remained on the Junior level both nationally and internationally. He competed for the second consecutive season on the Junior Grand Prix. At his first event, the 2007-2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Vienna, Austria, he placed fourth in the short program and won the free skate to win the gold medal overall, placing 1.69 points ahead of silver medalist Guan Jinlin.^[47] At his second event in Chemnitz, Germany, he again placed 4th in the short program and won the free skate to win the gold medal overall, this time with a 3.30 margin of victory over silver medalist Michal Březina.^[48]

These two medals qualified Mroz for the 2007–2008 Junior Grand Prix Final, for which he was the highest-ranked qualifier.^[49] At the JGP Final, Mroz placed second in both segments of the competition to win the silver medal overall, placing 15.86 points behind champion Adam Rippon and 5.30 points ahead of bronze medalist Armin Mahbanoozadeh.^[50] This was the first time that the United States had swept the Junior Grand Prix Final men's podium.

By qualifying for the JGP Final, Mroz received a bye to the 2008 U.S. Championships. At Nationals, Mroz competed for the second time on the junior level. He placed 3rd in the short program and 2nd in the free skate to win the silver medal overall, 10.13 points behind champion Rippon. He was subsequently placed on the team to the 2008 World Junior Championships where he placed 3rd in the short program after landing a triple axel-triple toe loop combination.^[51] He placed 5th in the free skate to place 4th overall, placing 3.40 points behind bronze medalist Guan Jinlin.^[52]

Senior career[link]

Mroz during his free skate at the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard

In the 2008–2009 season, Mroz moved up to the Senior level both nationally and internationally. He debuted on the Grand Prix of Figure Skating circuit. At his first event, the 2008 Skate Canada International, he placed 6th in the short program and 7th in the free skate to place 7th overall.^[53] During his free skate, he was credited with a quadruple toe loop jump.^[54] Mroz went on to compete at the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard, his second Grand Prix event. He placed 6th in the short program and 5th in the free skate to place 5th overall.^[55]

Due to the timing of his Grand Prix events, Mroz had a bye to the 2009 U.S. Championships. At Nationals, Mroz placed 4th in the short program^[56] after being credited with landing a triple axel as his required element axel jump and a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination as his combination jump.^[57] He placed 2nd in the free skate,^[58] in which he was credited with landing a quad toe loop and eight triples, including a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination.^[57] He won the silver medal overall, placing 12.19 points behind champion and training-mate Jeremy Abbott and 0.60 points ahead of Evan Lysacek.^[59]

Following the national championships, Mroz was assigned to the 2009 Four Continents Championships and the 2009 World Championships. At Four Continents, Mroz placed 5th in the short program^[60] after landing a triple axel, a triple flip, and a triple lutz-triple toe combination.^[61] In the free skate, Mroz placed 9th,^[62] after landing a quadruple toe loop jump, but making errors on several other jumps, including his triple axel.^[63] He placed 8th overall.^[64]

In his debut at the senior World Championships, Mroz skated a strong short program to place 8th in that segment of the competition.^[65] He placed 13th in the free skate to finish 9th overall.^[66] His placement, combined with that of World Champion Evan Lysacek, earned the United States the maximum three entries to the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[67]

Mroz won his first senior Grand Prix medal, silver, at 2010 Cup of China. He followed it up with a bronze medal at 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard. Competing with a dislocated shoulder, he placed 7th at the 2011 U.S. Championships.^[68]

In August 2011, Mroz began working on other types of quads – the quad loop, flip, and lutz.^[68] He landed a quad lutz successfully on September 16, 2011 in the short program at the 2011 Colorado Springs Invitational.^[69][70][71] The International Skating Union subsequently ratified the jump as the first successful quadruple lutz landed in a sanctioned competition.^[5][6][7] His assigned 2011–12 Grand Prix events are 2011 NHK Trophy and 2011 Cup of Russia. Mroz became the first skater to land the quad lutz in an international competition on November 12 in the short program at NHK Trophy.^[72]

Coaches and choreographers[link]

From 2001 through 2004, Mroz was coached by Shannon Nester and Debbie Howe. From 2002 through 2004, he was coached by Doug Leigh and Michelle Leigh in Barrie, Ontario. In 2005, he moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado and began being coached by Tom Zakrajsek.^[10] His choreographers have included Tom Dickson, Lori Nichol, and Jeffrey Buttle.^[10][73]

Programs[link]

Competitive highlights[link]

Mroz performs a split jump during his Jailhouse Rock exhibition at the 2009 World Championships

Senior results[link]

Pre-2008 results[link]

Mroz (far left) on the 2007–2008 Junior Grand Prix Final podium

References[link]

• 2006 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships ProfilePDF

External links[link]

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