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Minas Tênis Clube is a sports club from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The club has national and international projection in many olympic sports. It has its own indoor arena, named Juscelino Kubitschek Arena.
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Headquarters
Minas I
The Minas I complex occupies an area larger than 31,000 m² in the Lourdes neighborhood. The complex is composed by the Juscelino Kubitschek Arena, the Aquatic Park and the Sports square.
Minas II
The Minas II complex occupies an area larger than 34,000 m² in the Serra neighborhood.
Minas Tênis Country Clube
Country Club de Belo Horizonte was a social club founded in 1933. In it was incorporated by Minas, creating the Minas Tênis Country Clube. Its current main building had its construction started in 1954 and concluded in June 6th, 1958.
Minas Tênis Náutico Clube
The Minas Tênis Náutico Clube is located by the Ingleses's Lake in Nova Lima, and occupies the total area of 117.000 m². The first stage of the construction occupies an area of 29.346 m². It started to be built in 1998, and took 18 months to complete.
Sports
Volleyball
For more details on this topic, see Minas Tênis Clube (Men's Volleyball).For more details on this topic, see Minas Tênis Clube (Women's Volleyball).Minas has both professional men's and women's teams. The men's team is the most successful volleyball team in Brazil, with a record of 9 championships. The women's team is has also been among the most successful teams in the Brazilian league.
Basketball
For more details on this topic, see Minas Tênis Clube (Basketball).The club has a professional men's team, which currently plays for Brazilian Championship.
Swimming
The club has great tradition on swimming, being its swimming team one of the most successful in history of the most important national competitions: Maria Lenke Cup and José Finkel Cup.
Among the most famoust swimmers, there are Kaio Márcio de Almeida, Joanna Maranhão and Thiago Pereira.
Judo
The club has an olympic judo team. Among the most successful athletes are Luciano Corrêa and Érika Miranda.
Categories:- Sports teams in Brazil
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