These 1994 Games were the only Winter Olympics to be held two years after the prior Olympics, as the IOC desired a schedule where Summer and Winter Olympics would no longer be held in the same year. Lothar Christian Munder was the only athlete sent by Brazil to Lillehammer.
The 1994 Winter Olympics were unique because they occurred two years after the previous Summer Olympics, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wanted to avoid holding both events in the same calendar year.  Lothar Christian Munder was the only Brazilian athlete who competed at Lillehammer.