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MYRTHA CHALLENGES

THE BIG RUSH

RIO DE JANEIRO 2016OLYMPIC GAMES

1995 THE BEGINNINGS IN COPACABANAIt’s been 21 years since the last time Myrtha Pools stroked the white

beaches of Rio de Janeiro. It was 1995, and CBDA (Confederacao Brasilera de

Desportos Aquaticos) commissioned the Company to build two pools on the

beach for the second FINA World Short-Course Swimming Championship

in Copacabana. In addition to its permanent pools, Myrtha was already

well known for its self-contained pools for large-scale sports events. The

two pools in Copacabana, one for racing and one for warming up, saw an

outstanding number of hits: as many as four world records were broken in

the Myrtha swimming-pools with as many medals won by the local hero,

Gustavo Borges, who sent the public into raptures on the terraces of the

spectacular pool in Copacabana.

The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio have been a great opportunity and showcase for Myrtha Pools. A total

of 18 pools have been installed in less than two years, including the main swimming competition pools,

several training and warm-up pools in the Olympic park and a number of other jobs in Rio de Janeiro,

Sao Paulo and Fortaleza that have been built or renovated in view of becoming training facilities for

the Games.

It has been a challenging experience, in consideration of the late award of several contracts and a few

obstacles like custom clearings, logistics and generally difficult working conditions in several sites.

Myrtha is very proud to have delivered all the pools on time and with a level of quality that has set a

new standard in Brazil, where Myrtha is now considered a new and important player on the market.

The present document is describing the projects completed, some of the challenges, and also a few

important recognitions that the company has obtained through this experience.

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We have been very satisfied of the cooperation with this company and since then we have considered Myrtha as our pool of choice when we submit a bid for hostinginternational swimming events.

Coracy Nunes Filho, CBDA President

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After the 2014 football cup, Rio de Janeiro was in

the limelight again in August 2016 as the stage

of the world’s greatest sports event ever. For

the first time in history, the Olympic Games took

place in a South-American city. The city was

transformed, with brand-new sporting facilities

built next to older ones. And not only in Rio de

Janeiro, all of Brazil felt the excitement of the

Olympic Games. Of the many training areas built

in Brazil’s main cities, Myrtha Pools has designed

as many as 9 Centres and a total of 18 swimming-

pools, going through tough technical, logistics

and functional challenges but getting there first,

every single time.

In addition to its swimming pools, Myrtha Pools

sent the expertise of its staff to Rio. Throughout

the event, Myrtha’s technical teams were there to

run and service the equipment and pools, offering

unfailing assistance and 360-degree expertise.

Those who made the success of the Myrtha

Pools Olympic projects include Gustavo Borges,

Myrtha’s Ambassador, and Haller Ramos de

Freitas Jr. of Myrtha Pools Brazil. Their great

efforts and commitment have helped Myrtha win

its Olympic challenge for Rio 2016, conquering

the frontiers of a growing market with a wide

range of new on-going projects.

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Myrtha Pools have unrivalled experience, and the fact that they are constantly up to speed with FINA’s latest requirements and design criteria, will give everybody the full comfort of knowing that the swimming competitions of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be staged in the best possible environment.

Cornel Marculescu, FINA Executive Director

2016 - BACK TO RIO31st Olympic Games

Gustavo Fran a Borges

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Rio de Janeiro

MARANHAO

AMAPA

PARAIBA

PARA

CEARARIO GRANDE

DO NORTE

PERNAMBUCO

SERGIPE

ALAGOAS

BAHIA

TOCANTINS

GOIAS

MINAS GERAIS

RIO DEJANEIRO

ESPIRITOSANTO

SANTACATARINA

PARANA

PIAUI

Macapa

Belém

Sao Luís

FORTALEZA

Teresina

Brasilia

Goiania

Florianopolis

SÃO PAOLO

Curitiba

Campinas

Salvador

Aracuju

Natal

Recife

Belo Horizonte

MARANHAO

AMAPA

PARAIBA

PARÁ

CEARARIO GRANDE

DO NORTE

PERNAMBUCO

SERGIPE

ALAGOAS

BAHIA

TOCANTINS

GOIÁS

MINAS GERAIS

RIO DEJANEIRO

ESPÍRITOSANTO

SANTACATARINA

PARANÁ

PIAUÍ

Macapa

Belém

São Luís

FORTALEZA

Teresina

Brasilia

Goiânia

Rio de Janeiro

Florianopolis

SÃO PAOLO

Curitiba

Campinas

Salvador

Aracuju

Natal

Recife

Belo Horizonte

CENTRO DE FORMAÇÃO OLÍMPICA

DO NORDESTE2 pools

ESPORTE CLUBEPINHEIROS

1 pool

CENTRO PARAOLÍMPICOBRASILEIRO

6 pools

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS

IRAJA’ VILA DA PENHA

REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’

VARGEMPEQUENA ITHANGA’

ROCINHA

LEBLON

Cristo Redentore

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

Cristo Redentore

PARQUE DOS ATLETAS

2 pools

CENTRO AQUÁTICO

MARIA LENK2 pools

ESTADIO OLIMPICO DE DESPORTOS

AQUATICOS2 pools

UNIVERSIDADE DA FORÇA AÉREA

1 pool

CLUBE FLAMENGO 1 pool

UNIVERSIDADEFEDERAL DO

RIO DE JANEIRO1 pool

PROJECTS 18 POOLS

THE

5 TEMPORARY POOLS REINSTALLEDAFTER THE EVENT

11 50 m COMPETITION PO0LS

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RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

Cristo Redentore

ESTADIO OLIMPICO DE DESPORTOS

AQUATICOS2 pools

Like the other facilities developed for the Rio

Olympics 2016, the Olympic Stadium for the

swimming competitions and water-polo finals has

been designed as an entirely temporary facility,

in an international urban setting. As temporary

as are the two Myrtha pools built in the Stadium,

where the first record was broken by Myrtha

Pools itself by installing the two swimming-pools

in just two and a half months. After the Olympics,

the Aquatics Stadium will be dismantled and so

will the swimming-pools, which will be removed,

downsized and relocated to other parts of the city,

as permanent fixtures. Built at the heart of Rio’s

Olympic Park, the Stadium is a veritable gem inside

and out, its outer surfaces decorated by the famous

Brazilian artist Adriana Varejao. Inside, Myrtha built

two 50m swimming-pools, a competitive one and

ESTADIO OLIMPICO DE DESPORTOS AQUATICOS RIO DE JANEIRO (Olympic Park)

a training one, with a total capacity of 3.7 million

litres of water each. The most innovative technical

devices include a Defender filter, known as the

best regenerative media filter in the world. The

engineering wonder that are the Olympic Stadium

and the Myrtha pools is the ideal setting for the

impressive emotions that the swimming races and

the water-polo finals have lavished on the public.

Myrtha 50x25x3 m competition pool

Myrtha is the most exclusive

and advanced technology in

the swimming pool industry:

its patented pre-enginee-

red modular pool system,

featuring laminated stain-

less steel panels and a

buttress system, enables a

Myrtha structure to attain

perfect waterproofing, as

well as strength and stur-

diness. Perfect waterproo-

fing is ensured by the unique

process of bonding PVC to

the Myrtha® steel panels: a

hard PVC membrane is hot

laminated to the steel in the

manufacturing process.

DEFENDER FILTRATIONThe Defender filter is famous for being the most innovative filtration system ever. It is eco-friendly while ensuring the perfect quality of swimming pool water. The Defender filter uses perlite as a filter medium. Perlite is a non- toxic fossil powder that can filter particles as fine as one micrometre. This medium reduces the amount of chemicals required while dramatically increasing water quality and transparency.

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Myrtha 50x25x3 m competition pool Myrtha 50x25x3 m warm-up pool

Myrtha 50x25x3 m competition pool Myrtha 50x25x3 m warm-up pool

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CENTRO AQUÁTICO MARIA LENK RIO DE JANEIRO (Olympic Park)

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

Cristo Redentore

CENTRO AQUÁTICO

MARIA LENK2 pools

Iconic Brazilian swimmer Maria Lenk was the

first South-American woman to take part in the

Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932 and in

Berlin in 1936. This modern swimming centre, built

in 2007 to celebrate the 15th Pan American Games

and now run by the Brazilian Olympic Committee,

is dedicated to her. A gem of environmental

sustainability, the centre is home to a 50m

competitive pool and a diving pool. One of the two

swimming-pools having hosted the synchronised

swimming and water polo events, except the

finals, and the other the diving competitions.

In addition to the two existing pools, Myrtha added

another two. In record-breaking time, Myrtha

Pools built a 50m permanent swimming-pool for

the synchronised swimming athletes to warm up

and a 25m temporary warm-up water-polo pool,

in the area around the existing pools.

1.Myrtha 50x25x3 m permanent warm-up and synchronised pool

2.Myrtha 25x14x3 m water-polo pool

The pool filtration is provided by Defender filters, the regenerative media system that guarantees perfect water quality and transparency.

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Myrtha 25x14x3 m warm-up water-polo pool

Myrtha 50x25x3 m permanent warm-up and synchronised pool

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PARQUE DOS ATLETAS RIO DE JANEIRO

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

Cristo RedentorePARQUE DOS ATLETAS

2 pools

The most daunting yet most rewarding challenge

for Myrtha was building the two twin tempo-

rary competitive swimming-pools at Parque dos

Atletas, commissioned by the Ministry of the Air

Force, as UNIFA. A spectacular view of the moun-

tains and the shores of Lagoa de Jacarepaguá is a

perfect setting for the Olympic village where the

athletes stayed during the races.

The first real challenge for Myrtha was finding

2 Myrtha 50x25x2 m training pools

Due to the very late award of the contract (March), the two pools have been built in a real record time, without overlooking the top quality standard and the millimet-ric precision always Myrtha Pools’ hallmarks. With only three weeks of design and production, the installation took one month and a half for both the pools, which have been completed just few days before the Games.

DESIGN AND PRODUCTION

3 WEEKS

INSTALLATION PHASE

45 DAYS

a solution for the flooring the swimming-pools

had to be built on. The surface was cracked, the

drains could not be removed, and the gradient

was even 8-10 cm. Using a set of steel plates

and foundations to anchor the body of the pool

to and an adjusting system for every single part

of each Myrtha swimming-pool, the final result

was two perfectly steady pools, ready to host the

athletes’ training sessions.

We are pleased to state that the two Myrtha pools designed and installed for Parque dos Atletas fully correspond to the main Olympic pool project, except for the depth. Both pools perfectly fit our requirement, giving all athlets the possibility to train in facilities equals to the one they will compete in.

Edilson Alves da Rocha,Technical Director Brazilian Paralympic Committee - CPB


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CLUBE FLAMENGORIO DE JANEIRO

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

Cristo Redentore

CLUBE FLAMENGO

1 pool

Not far from the busy Copacabana, there’s the

exclusive “Clube do Flamengo”, famous for its

football team, one of Brazil’s strongest four, as

well as for its excellent sporting facilities.

They include a competitive swimming-pool,

chosen by the Olympic swimming teams as a

training pool.

The existing swimming-pool required substantial

renovations, but replacing the entire course

would have been very expensive in terms of

time and money. In remaking the 50m pool, the

challenge for Myrtha was developing a special

application of the RenovAction technology that

would restrict the renovation to a few technical

devices, and avoid a costly demolition. A panel

entirely coated in a PVC cloth was installed on

top of the concrete edge of the old swimming-

pool to raise the level of the swimming-pool by

80 cm above the old one. At the same time, such

solution would also accommodate the new pipes

on the original flooring of the existing pool.

With the RenovAction technology, the old pool

could be very quickly refitted, and the centre did

not have to be shut down.

Myrtha 50x25x2.5 m permanent competition pool RenovAction Technology

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UFRJ - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro RIO DE JANEIRO

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

Cristo Redentore

UNIVERSIDADEFEDERAL DO

RIO DE JANEIRO 1 pool

An excellent ‘academic’ job, in every respect.

This would be the right definition for Myrtha

Pools’ engineering efforts in the rebuilding of

the competitive pool of the greatest university in

Brazil and one of the best academic and research

centres in Latin America.

The existing 50m swimming-pool, built many

years ago with materials that do not meet the

applicable standards, was in a state of total

disrepair, and so were the filtering systems and

the manifolds, which, secured to the outer flooring,

made walking along the pool quite dangerous.

The pool frame was repaired by a combination

of technological solutions: RenovAction and

Myrtha. RenovAction to refit the inside of the

original pool, Myrtha as a solution to make the

swimming-pool deeper.

70cm-high outer Myrtha panels were installed

on the outer flooring of the swimming-pool,

bringing the pool floor down to 3 m. A new

deck was built, flush with the new panels, to

cover the existing flooring and the exposed

piping. So, Myrtha gave a functional, completely

safe and top-quality facility back to the University.

As well as the state of the original pool, another

daunting challenge that Myrtha had to face in this

project and that it successfully overcome was

installing the pools in extremely tough weather

conditions: 40 days of rain in the first three of its

four months at the Centre.

Myrtha 50x25x3 m permanent competition poolRenovAction Technology



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A special solution was implemented in the

mechanical room, the beating heart of the whole

swimming-pool, which takes water from the pool,

disinfects it and removes impurities, to keep it

constantly clean and suitable for swimming.

Due to space restrictions, the existing facility was

entirely renovated and laid out on two levels, partly

to provide easy access to the servicing staff.

Myrtha Pools installed all of the filtering systems

in the basement, where four old sand filters, worn

out, undersized and no longer compliant with the

applicable regulations, were replaced with one

single large Defender filter that is able to provide

much better filtration quality and faster turnover.

The Chemical treatment room, where water is

disinfected, and the electric panels were put on the

ground floor, just above such room. A distinctive

solution that was craftily set up in the small space

next to the stairs that lead up to the Mechanical

room.


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UNIFA - Universidade da Força Aérea RIO DE JANEIRO

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

RIO DE JANEIRO

OSWALDO CRUZ

OSWALDO CRUZ

TANQUETAQUARA

GUADALUPE

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

SANTA TERESA

MARACANA’

RAMOS


REALENGO

CASCADURA

FREGUESIA

ANIL

MEIER

CAJU

TIJUCA

BOTAFOGO

SAO CRISTOVAO

BARRA DA TIJUCA

JACAREPAGUA’


ROCINHA

LEBLON

Cristo Redentore

UNIVERSIDADE DA FORÇA AÉREA

1 pool

The new Myrtha swimming-pool built inside Rio’s

Universidade da Força Aérea was commissioned

by the Brazilian Ministry of the Air Force one

year before the opening of the Olympic Games.

The Ministry made such choice straightaway to

have the highest quality standards for a sporting

facility that – a training pool for the Olympic

Games – will stay on as a permanent fixture in

the Ministry’s university campus. Installed in

under two months, the swimming-pool and the

sporting centre will be an outstanding legacy for

Rio: there is no other facility within miles that

can boast such a prestigious centre of excellence

and training for future athletes.

As for the Centro Paraolimpico of Sao Paulo,

this swimming-pool too is equipped with the

innovative Virtual Trainer system, with LED

strips at the bottom of the courses, to monitor

the swimmers’ performance as they train.

Myrtha 50x25x2 m permanent competition pool

Myrtha 50x25x2 m permanent competitionn pool


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Rio de Janeiro

MARANHAO

AMAPA

PARAIBA

PARA

CEARARIO GRANDE

DO NORTE

PERNAMBUCO

SERGIPE

ALGOAS

BAHIA

TOCANTINS

GOIAS

MINAS GERAIS

RIO DEJANEIRO

ESPIRITOSANTO

SANTACATARINA

PARANA

PIAUI

Macapa

Belem

Sao Luís

Fortaleza

Teresina

Brasilia

Ribeirao Preto

Goiania

Florianopolis

Sao Paolo

Curitiba

Campinas

Salvador

Aracuju

Natal

Recife

Belo Horizonte

MARANHAO

AMAPA

PARAIBA

PARA

CEARARIO GRANDE

DO NORTE

PERNAMBUCO

SERGIPE

ALGOAS

BAHIA

TOCANTINS

GOIAS

MINAS GERAIS

RIO DEJANEIRO

ESPIRITOSANTO

SANTACATARINA

PARANA

PIAUI

Macapa

Belem

Sao Luís

Fortaleza

Teresina

Brasilia

Ribeirao Preto

Goiania

Rio de Janeiro

Florianopolis

Sao Paolo

Curitiba

Campinas

Salvador

Aracuju

Natal

Recife

Belo Horizonte

CENTRO PARAOLÍMPICO

BRASILEIRO 6 pools

Started in 2013, Centro Paraolimpico São Paulo

hosts facilities for as many as 15 different sports

and is the largest Paralympic sports centre in

Brazil, as well as one of the best three in the world.

Centro Paraolimpico São Paulo has been created

for a very specific purpose: give pride of place to

technology and cutting-edge solutions in a new

sporting facility.

The swimming-pools are all by Myrtha Pools, there

are six of them scattered around the centre, they

are all indoor pools and cover most Paralympic

swimming events. There is a 50m competitive

pool, a 25m training pool, and 4 therapy pools.

Myrtha’s performance has not taken long to show

up, right at the start of the building process.

Actually, Myrtha’s builders’ teams instantly

noticed that there were extra structural features

in the areas in which the 6 swimming-pools had

to be installed. This meant adapting the design of

the pools there and then, to meet the regulatory

ranges.

So, due to the excellence of Myrtha’s cutting-edge

technology as well as the skills and experience of

its engineers, a perfectly flexible design and ease

of installation, the pools were built by the deadline.

In terms of high-tech, Myrtha widely fulfilled the

Centre’s requirements with new accessories for

the therapy pools, such as a special upstream

swimming system, special hydro-massage jets,

and a 6-42°C thermal control system, for the most

therapeutic system ever.

The 50m pool was equipped with the Virtual

Trainer, an exclusive system with LED strips on the

bottom, designed to monitor the athletes’ training.

CENTRO PARAOLĺMPICO BRASILEIRO SÃO PAULO



Myrtha 25x12.5x2 m permanent warm-up pool

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VIRTUAL TRAINER SYSTEMThe result of the painstaking efforts of Myrtha’s research and development department, the Myrtha

Pools Virtual Trainer is a pWol to monitor the swimmer's performance in real time while they train.

LED strips at the bottom of the pool show the athletes their on-going pace, while a number of

preinstalled wireless applications enable them to adapt their training sessions to their personal needs.

4 Myrtha therapy-training pools

Myrtha 25x12.5x2 m permanent warm-up pool



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ESPORTE CLUBE PINHEIROSSÃO PAULO

Rio de Janeiro

MARANHAO

AMAPA

PARAIBA

PARA

CEARARIO GRANDE

DO NORTE

PERNAMBUCO

SERGIPE

ALGOAS

BAHIA

TOCANTINS

GOIAS

MINAS GERAIS

RIO DEJANEIRO

SAO PAOLO

ESPIRITOSANTO

SANTACATARINA

PARANA

PIAUI

Macapa

Belem

Sao Luís

Fortaleza

Teresina

Brasilia

Ribeirao Preto

Goiania

Florianopolis

Curitiba

Campinas

Salvador

Aracuju

Natal

Recife

Belo Horizonte

Sao Paolo

MARANHAO

AMAPA

PARAIBA

PARA

CEARARIO GRANDE

DO NORTE

PERNAMBUCO

SERGIPE

ALGOAS

BAHIA

TOCANTINS

GOIAS

MINAS GERAIS

RIO DEJANEIRO

SAO PAOLO

ESPIRITOSANTO

SANTACATARINA

PARANA

PIAUI

Macapa

Belem

Sao Luís

Fortaleza

Teresina

Brasilia

Ribeirao Preto

Goiania

Rio de Janeiro

Florianopolis

Curitiba

Campinas

Salvador

Aracuju

Natal

Recife

Belo Horizonte

Sao Paolo

ESPORTE CLUBEPINHEIROS

1 pool

Founded in the late 19th century by German

immigrants, Esporte Clube Pinheiros is now the

biggest sports centre in Latin America. With over

38,000 members, it is home to 44 sections and 44

different sports, which over the years have earned

several Olympic medals to the Club and to Brazil,

for instance those won by such great swimmers

as Gustavo Borges and Cesar Cielo Filho.

The swimming section has a 50 m competitive

indoor pool, built in 1980. The same pool in which

at the end of 2009 Cesar Cielo Filho broke the

world record in 50m freestyle. Even then, though,

the Pinheiros pool was far distant from its glories

and required consistent refurbishments.

Inspired by Myrtha technology (oddly enough, it is

German too, like the Pinheiros), Myrtha Pools has

developed the RenovAction system to refurbish

the courses as well as the filtration systems,

neither of which met the applicable structural and

environmental requirements.

New racing accessories were added to the 50m

pool, such as removable heads and Myrtha Track

Start blocks.

Now, the Pinheiros has a new swimming-pool,

which will certainly see new records being broken

and new swimming stars shine bright.

In the meantime, the Club will save water (and

money) now that the filtration system has had a

makeover. Compared with the old system, the new

one can actually save up to 80% water, which is

about 10,000 litres of water a day.

RENOVACTION TECHNOLOGYOver time, many sporting facilities need to adapt to international safety or racing standards and are

confronted with structural issues such as worn materials. RenovAction is Myrtha Pools’ exclusive

patented technology that has been designed for the full or partial refurbishment of any existing swimming

pool. With RenovAction, the old facilities do not need to be demolished, thus saving on installation costs

and timing. The surface of the original pool acts as a backing, on which new parts are installed, so only

the wall or bottom accessories need to be replaced.

Myrtha 50x25x2.10/2.30 m permanent poolRenovAction Technology


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MYRTHA TRACK-START BLOCKS

After a thorough design and development process, and

with FINA’s approval, Myrtha’s new track-start blocks are now used in any

international race and chosen by all of the world’s most important swimming facilities to enable

athletes to train on the same start-blocks they will use at the races. The Track-Start blocks help

swimmers with their starting trim, giving them a faster rush and up to a tenth of a second less in their

response to the word ‘go!’.

Myrtha 50x25x2.10/2.30 m permanent poolRenovAction Technology

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CENTRO DE FORMAÇÃO OLÍMPICA DO NORDESTE FORTALEZA

Rio de Janeiro

MARANHAO

AMAPA

PARAIBA

PARA

CEARARIO GRANDE

DO NORTE

PERNAMBUCO

SERGIPE

ALGOAS

BAHIA

TOCANTINS

GOIAS

MINAS GERAIS

RIO DEJANEIRO

SAO PAOLO

ESPIRITOSANTO

SANTACATARINA

PARANA

PIAUI

Macapa

Belem

Sao Luís

Fortaleza

Teresina

Brasilia

Ribeirao Preto

Goiania

Florianopolis

Sao Paolo

Curitiba

Campinas

Salvador

Aracuju

Natal

Recife

Belo Horizonte

MARANHAO

AMAPA

PARAIBA

PARA

CEARARIO GRANDE

DO NORTE

PERNAMBUCO

SERGIPE

ALGOAS

BAHIA

TOCANTINS

GOIAS

MINAS GERAIS

RIO DEJANEIRO

SAO PAOLO

ESPIRITOSANTO

SANTACATARINA

PARANA

PIAUI

Macapa

Belem

Sao Luís

Fortaleza

Teresina

Brasilia

Ribeirao Preto

Goiania

Rio de Janeiro

Florianopolis

Sao Paolo

Curitiba

Campinas

Salvador

Aracuju

Natal

Recife

Belo Horizonte

CENTRO DE FORMAÇÃO

OLÍMPICA DO NORDESTE

2 pools

Two stars in stardom. This is the right name for the

two permanent swimming-pools in Brazil’s biggest

Training Centre and one of the world’s most

modern competitive training centres. A brand-new

facility that will be used at the 31st Olympic Games

by the foreign swimming teams for their training.

The centre includes facilities for 26 of the 40

Olympic sports, such as football pitches, running

tracks, skateboard rinks, BMX lanes, tennis and

volleyball courts, accommodation for 250 athletes,

and, of course, two new Myrtha swimming-pools: a

50m competitive pool and a diving pool.

Fortaleza is the first project completed by Myrtha in

Brazil, designed by Paulo Pinheiro, one of the most

important architects in South America, official con-

sultant to the Brazilian Swimming Federation and a

great supporter of Myrtha Pools’ technology.

In his project, Pinheiro considered not only the po-

tential sporting performance of a Myrtha swim-

ming-pool, but also its distinctive technical and

BACKSTROKE STARTING SYSTEM

The new backstroke starting system developed in partnership with Omega and approved by FINA helps backstroke swimmers set off for the race. The system provides athletes with a steady grip on the walls, for a faster, safer take-off and no risk of slipping. In addition, this helps them improve their performance and time

structural strengths. Actually, Myrtha’s technol-

ogy turned out to be a winner, once again, when

the swimming-pools had to be built on unsteady

ground, such as the clayey one of the Fortaleza

Centre. Unlike traditionally-built swimming-pools,

Myrtha’s ones are flexible structures, which can be

adapted to the endless shifts induced by subsid-

ence in clayey soil.What matters most in Myrtha’s

pools are the details too, i.e. the racing accessories,

the result of a thorough R&D process promoted

by Myrtha Pools. Actually, the 50m pool is provid-

ed with special mosaic targets, Myrtha Track-Start

blocks and a Myrtha Backstroke starting system.


Myrtha 25x25x5 m permanent diving pool

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MYRTHA POOLS GOLD MEDALS IN RIO!

Dear Roberto and Trevor,I want to express my sincere thanks to the members of the Myrtha Pools team in Rio for your outstanding help in resolving the water treatment issues at the Maria Lenk Aquatics venue.

This was a difficult situation, logistically but also politically and in terms of the image of both the Rio 2016 Olympics and the Aquatics events, and your efforts which went well beyond the call of duty, have contributed immeasurably to turning the situation around.

I greatly appreciate the professionalism shown by the team, and appreciate the excellent collaboration and partnership between FINA and Myrtha Pools.

Cornel MarculescuFINA Executive Director

After Atlanta 1996, Beijing 2008 and London 2012,

and with a long tradition of involvement in elite

swimming competitions, Myrtha Pools is proud

of its unrivalled aquatic technologies and of its 18

gold medals gained in Rio!...notwithstanding some

highly publicized problems.

Other than the performances of the world’s top

athletes, one of the talking points of the Rio 2016

Olympics has been the pool water turning green at

the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, the second of the

Games’ aquatic venues.

So what happened to Rio's Olympic diving pool

turning green?

When the water turned green at the pool on Tues-

day 9th, it caused a social media firestorm. There

was no official explanation why it occurred until

Wednesday afternoon when FINA, the international

governing body of aquatics, issued a statement:

“FINA can confirm that the reason for the unusual

water color observed during the Rio diving compe-

titions is that the water tanks ran out of some of the

chemicals used in the water treatment process.

"A sudden change in alkalinity, was the reason. The

water polo pool has been effected the same way,"

Rio 2016's Mario Andrada said during a news

conference. "People in charge could and should

have done more intensive testing during the day."

Curiously, the media firestorm immediately

involved Myrtha. The pools at Maria Lenk, were

built for the 2007 Pan-American Games. They were

not new installations and were not provided by

Myrtha. The company had nothing to do with the

installation or the operations. During the Games

the Diving and Waterpolo pool management was

under local committee responsibility.

Actually the reason the water turned green is that

the obsolete filtration, circulation and disinfec-

tion systems (with a manual chemicals dosage) of

those old pools are not able to monitor and control

the see-through water quality needed for interna-

tional swimming competition.

Moreover, in order to quickly restore water quality

in the pool hosting the synchro competitions, Rio

officials went for a drastic solution: they drained

the pool and filled it with the water of one of the

warm-up pool just outside the Maria Lenk Aquatic

Center – a pool which was installed by Myrtha.

Myrtha Pools supported Rio officials during this

operation and the pool was filled in ten hours with

new crystal clear water: a must for synchro

athletes who need to be seen underwater as well.

Myrtha Pools designed two new warm-up pools

for the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center refurbishment.

The new water tank has been installed just outside

the stadium, close to existing pools involved in the

green-water-gate.

FINA’s statement emphasized that “ the swimming

pools installed at the Maria Lenk complex are not

Myrtha Pools equipment”, adding “the FINA Partner

is only responsible for the installation and mainte-

nance of the competition and training pools at the

Olympic Aquatics Stadium, presently being used for

the swimming events at the Rio 2016 Games.”

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Record participation of

205 National Olympic Committees

11,303 athletes

28 33 42 sports venues across the city disciplines

Record viewing numbers nearly

350,000 hours (London 2012 had less than 200,000)

Approximately 90% of Brazilian television audience watched some coverage of the games

Half the world’s population

watched some coverage of the games Rio 2016

+5,000 doping tests, the most comprehensive anti-doping process in Olympic History

8World Records

8Junior World Records

22 Olympic Records

23 Continental Records

The 31st Olympic Games went to their close as a must see for all sports lovers; a unique event which gathered a huge number of athletes, fans and tourists.

The Myrtha pool that hosted all the swimming competitions during Rio Olympic Games had one of the most high score in terms of records.

RIO OLYMPICS IN NUMBERS MYRTHA OLYMPIC POOL’S RECORDS

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Thomas BachPresident International Olympic Committee

The Olympic Games would not be possible without your involvement. Thank you for helping make the Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016 such a success.

Carlos Arthur NuzmanPresident Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Thanks for helping make Brazil's first ever Olympic Games a memorable celebration. Your contribution to Rio 2016 Olympic Games has made a difference.

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TECHNOLOGY THAT INSPIRESFounded in 1961 in Italy, Myrtha Pools is now the leader in the international

swimming pool market.

Backed by unending research and development, the Company has achieved

numerous technological breakthroughs in the pool industry, launching

the most advanced technology and obtaining high quality standards and

perfectly engineered precision in all Myrtha pools.

Its exclusive technology has been selected for international races, including

Olympic Games and World Swimming Championships.

Myrtha Pools is the proud partner of FINA and of the most important Swim-

ming Federations throughout the world.

MYRTHA TECHNOLOGY Myrtha Pools has chosen to enter the world of

swimming pools with the power of innovation,

a combination of exclusive technologies and a

strong will to constantly and continuously improve

upon them.

Myrtha Technology, the Company’s leading-

edge technology, is based upon a unique modular

system of stainless steel panels laminated with a

special rigid PVC membrane on the inside surface.

This system offers highly flexible engineering

and design options, with no restrictions on shape

or size; a significantly faster installation than

conventional design; and, when combined with

an accurate assembly process, it provides both

reliability and long-lasting performance. All this

can rely on high resistance to adverse weather

conditions. Myrtha technology is unique, tailored

for customers who appreciate quality and opt for

safe, long-term technical investments.

THE VALUE OF EVOLUTION1961 YEAR FOUNDED

250 DIRECTEMPLOYEES

450 DISTRIBUTORS WORLDWIDE

SOLD IN

70 COUNTRIES

1,500POOLS EACH YEAR, OVER 300 COMMERCIAL POOLS

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