With the sponsorship, Celine Bispo now has more resources

para aprimorar os treinos rumo aos Jogos Olímpicos Paris 2024

Rio de Janeiro, February 21, 2024 — After breaking the record and winning 10 medals in the South American Youth Water Sports in Argentina last year, Celine Bispo is very close to reaching the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The athlete, just 18 years old, has just joined the Neoenergia Team and, as the new brand ambassador, will have more support to intensify her training in search of a place in the Brazilian swimming team that will embark for the capital of

France.

“I am very happy with the results that culminated in this partnership. I decided to change my planning and bring forward the training sessions with a focus on qualifying for this year's Olympics. My main objective is to be in the relay test. I am sure that Neoenergia's support will be very important at this time. Water inspires me to overcome my challenges. In addition to being a renewable source, it is the energy I need for this victory,” says Celine

Bispo.

With so many medals won throughout 2023, the following stand out: gold (50m butterfly) and silver (100m butterfly) in the South American Championship; as well as silver (women's 4x200m freestyle relay) and bronze (women's 4x100m freestyle relay) at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.

“We are committed to promoting gender equity and boosting women's sports in Brazil. The arrival of Celine Bispo shows the importance of encouraging young athletes so that the energy we are providing is able to expand their achievements both on the podium and on a daily basis,” says Lorenzo Perales, Marketing Director of

Neoenergia.

Celine Bispo is a native of Salvador, Bahia, a state where Neoenergia, through its distributor Neoenergia Coelba, serves more than 6 million customers. An athlete from the Bahia Yacht Club, the swimmer has even been called “Ana Marcela of the pools”, in a reference to the Bahian Ana Marcela Cunha, considered the best open water swimmer of all time, who joined the Neoenergia Team this year. She is the first Brazilian woman to win Olympic gold in open water and is already qualified for Paris 2024.

With the female swimmers, the Neoenergia Team is comprised of five female athletes. The others are: the Brazilian road cycling and time trial champion, Ana Vitória Magalhães, Tota; the four-time world kitesurfer champion, Bruna Kajiya; and the two-time South American champion in the 3,000 meters with obstacles in the Under-23,

Mirelle Leite.

Neoenergia is recognized as the company in the electrical sector that most encourages women's sports in Brazil. In addition to encouraging the inclusion of women in national sports, the sponsorships reaffirm the strengthening and humanization of the brand in the country, especially in its concession areas with the distributors Neoenergia Pernambuco (PE), Neoenergia Cosern (RN), Neoenergia Elektro (SP/MS) and Neoenergia Brasília (DF). Neoenergia also has a contract with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to sponsor the Brazilian Women's Soccer Teams, both the main and the youth teams, and the Neoenergia Women's Brasileirão.