Carioca Arena 3

{{short description|Indoor stadium in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro}}

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| native_name = Arena Carioca 3

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| caption = Aerial view of the Carioca complex at Barra Olympic Park in May 2016; Arena 3 is visible at bottom left

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| location = Barra Olympic Park
Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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| opened = 2016

| owner = City of Rio de Janeiro

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| capacity = 10,000 (Olympics)

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Carioca Arena 3 (Portuguese: Arena Carioca 3), now named the Isabel Salgado Olympic Educational Gymnasium, is a sports training school and indoor stadium in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue hosted taekwondo and fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the judo and wheelchair fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Carioca Arena 3 was planned to be transformed into a sports high school after the Games.{{cite web|url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/introducing-carioca-arena-1-the-new-home-of-olympic-basketball |title=Introducing Carioca Arena 1… the new home of Olympic basketball |publisher=Rio 2016 |date=12 January 2016 |accessdate=8 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310171827/http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/introducing-carioca-arena-1-the-new-home-of-olympic-basketball |archivedate=10 March 2016 }}{{cite web | url=http://app.globoesporte.globo.com/olimpiadas/instalacoes-olimpicas/arena-carioca-3.html | title=Arena Carioca 3 | work=globoesporte | accessdate=8 March 2016 | language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/barra-olympic-park/carioca-arena-3 |title=Carioca Arena 3 |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=8 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402114300/http://www.rio2016.com/en/barra-olympic-park/carioca-arena-3 |archivedate= 2 April 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/rio-2016-venue-for-taekwondo-fencing-and-paralympic-judo-unveiled-in-olympic-park |title=Rio 2016 venue for taekwondo, fencing and Paralympic judo unveiled in Olympic Park |publisher=Rio 2016 |date=6 March 2016 |accessdate=8 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307104413/http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/rio-2016-venue-for-taekwondo-fencing-and-paralympic-judo-unveiled-in-olympic-park |archivedate= 7 March 2016 }}

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, the structure of Carioca Arena 3 was used as a base for the health workers on vaccination programme. As of February 2022, the Arena is open for children engaged in sports activities promoted by the prefecture of Rio de Janeiro.{{Cite web|title=Legado Olímpico: arenas esportivas não deram lugar a escolas e têm aspecto de abandono|url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2021/07/23/legado-olimpico-arenas-esportivas-nao-deram-lugar-a-escolas-e-tem-aspecto-de-abandono.ghtml|access-date=2022-02-17|website=G1|date=24 July 2021 |language=pt-br}} In December, the plans for a sports training school were finally put into place, with the facility to be renamed Isabel Salgado Olympic Educational Gymnasium (Portuguese: Ginásio Educacional Olímpico Isabel Salgado, homaging recently deceased volleyball player Isabel Salgado).{{Cite web|url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2022-12/legado-olimpico-comeca-transformacao-da-arena-carioca-3-em-escola|title=Legado Olímpico: começa transformação da Arena Carioca 3 em escola|date=December 6, 2022|website=Agência Brasil}} It serves 5000 students.{{Cite web |title=Rio 2016 arenas become schools and public facilities as Games legacy unfolds |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/rio-2016-arenas-become-schools-and-public-facilities-as-games-legacy-unfolds}}