Nelson Évora (born April 20, 1984) is a Portuguese athlete, of Cape Verdean descent, who specializes in the triple jump and long jump. He is the current triple jump olympic and former world champion. Évora currently competes for Portuguese sports club S.L. Benfica. He represented Cape Verde until 2002, when he got Portuguese citizenship, in June that year.

Born in Côte d'Ivoire, where his parents had come to live from Cape Verde, Nelson and his family relocated to Portugal when he was five years old. He still holds the Cape Verdean records in both the long jump (7.57 m) and the triple jump (16.15 m).

Évora's family fixed in Odivelas, on the floor upon João Ganço, former Portugal record-holder and first man in Portugal to pass over 2m in the high jump. David Ganço, one of three sons of João Ganço, one year older than Nelson, became Évora's best friend. One day, João Ganço, seeing them playing in the street, suggested Nelson to start practicing athletics, following David's example, and, just like that, Nelson sportive career was started. João Ganço, then became Évora's coach.

Marco Fortes (born 26 September 1982 in Lisbon) is a male shot putter from Portugal. His personal best throw is 20.69 meters, achieved in June at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in San Fernando, Spain. This is the current Portugal record.

He competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the finals.

He became famous for jokingly stating "I only function properly in the afternoon. Mornings are only good to lie in bed" after under-performing on a morning sporting event at the 2008 Olympics. After that he was expelled from the Olympic Committee.

Cláudia Vieira (born 1979-06-20) is a Portuguese actress and model. Began acting in "Maré Alta" (2004), but it was as protagonist of the second series of "Morangos com Açúcar" (2004/05), that she became popular. She has continued to integrate the soap opera casts, such as "Fala-me de Amor" (2006) and "Ilha dos Amores" (2007). She recorded an internal video for Renault, and is regularly appears televising and layers of magazines such as FHM and HQ.