Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics


Brazil was competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, as host country, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Support

In September 2015, a representative from the country attended the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Chef de Mission seminar as part of the country's preparation efforts for the 2016 Games.

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Ricardo Costa de OliveiraAthleticsMen's Long jump T11
Daniel DiasSwimmingMen's 200 m freestyle S5
Daniel MartinsAthleticsMen's 400 m T20
Claudiney Batista dos SantosAthleticsMen's Discus throw F56
Shirlene CoelhoAthleticsWomen's Javelin throw F37
Petrúcio Ferreira dos SantosAthleticsMen's 100 m T47
Alessandro Rodrigo SilvaAthleticsMen's Discus throw F11
Antônio Leme
Evelyn de Oliveira
Evani Soares da Silva		BocciaMixed Pairs BC3
Daniel DiasSwimmingMen's 50 m backstroke S5
Gustavo Henrique Araújo
Felipe Gomes
Ricardo Costa de Oliveira
Daniel Silva
Diogo Ualisson Jerônimo da Silva
Kesley Teodoro		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relay T11-T13
Silvânia Costa de OliveiraAthleticsWomen's Long jump T11
Daniel DiasSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle S5
Brazil men's national football 5-a-side team
Football 5-a-sideMen's tournament
Daniel DiasSwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle S5
Odair SantosAthleticsMen's 5000 m T11
Fábio da Silva BordignonAthleticsMen's 100 m T35
Verônica HipólitoAthleticsWomen's 100 m T38
Lúcia da Silva TeixeiraJudoWomen's 57 kg
Phelipe RodriguesSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle S10
Daniel Dias
Talisson Glock
Clodoaldo Silva
Patricia Pereira dos Santos
Susana Ribeiro
Joana Maria Silva		SwimmingMixed 4 × 50 m freestyle relay 20pts
Alana Martins MaldonadoJudoWomen's 70 kg
Antônio Tenório SilvaJudoMen's 100 kg
Willians Silva de AraújoJudoMen's +100 kg
Felipe GomesAthleticsMen's 100 m T11
Daniel DiasSwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke SB4
Fábio da Silva BordignonAthleticsMen's 200 m T35
Rodrigo Parreira da SilvaAthleticsMen's Long jump T36
Renato Nunes da Cruz
Yohansson Nascimento
Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira
Petrúcio Ferreira dos Santos		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relay T42-T47
Dirceu Pinto
Eliseu dos Santos
Marcelo dos Santos		BocciaMixed Pairs BC4
Joana Maria SilvaSwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle S5
Israel Pereira StrohTable tennisMen Individual C7
Evânio da SilvaPowerliftingMen's –88 kg
Odair SantosAthleticsMen's 1500 m T11
Mateus Evangelista CardosoAthleticsMen's Long jump T37
André BrasilSwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle S10
Alice de Oliveira Corrêa
Terezinha Guilhermina
Lorena Salvatini Spoladore
Thalita Vitória Simplício da Silva		AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 m relay T11-T13
Carlos FarrenbergSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle S13
Daniel Dias
André Brasil
Ruiter Silva
Phelipe Rodrigues		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts
Felipe GomesAthleticsMen's 200 m T11
Lauro César ChamanCyclingMen's Road race C4–5
Shirlene CoelhoAthleticsWomen's discus F38
Petrúcio Ferreira dos SantosAthleticsMen's 400 m T47
Felipe GomesAthleticsMen's 400 m T11
Ítalo PereiraSwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke S7
Izabela CamposAthleticsWomen's Discus throw F11
Rodrigo Parreira da SilvaAthleticsMen's 100 m T36
Daniel DiasSwimmingMen's 50 m butterfly S5
Matheus SousaSwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle S11
Yohansson NascimentoAthleticsMen's 100 m T47
Teresinha de Jesus Correia dos SantosAthleticsWomen's 100 m T47
André BrasilSwimmingMen's 100 m butterfly S10
Talisson GlockSwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley SM6
Edson PinheiroAthleticsMen's 100 m T38
Phelipe RodriguesSwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle S10
Bruna Costa AlexandreTable tennisWomen Individual C10
Verônica HipólitoAthleticsWomen's 400 m T38
Lauro César ChamanCyclingMen's Time trial C5
Daniel SilvaAthleticsMen's 200 m T11
Marivana OliveiraAthleticsWomen's Shot put F35
Sérgio Fróes Ribeiro de OlivaEquestrianMen's Individual championship test grade Ia
Caio Ribeiro de CarvalhoParacanoeingMen's KL3
Lorena Salvatini SpoladoreAthleticsWomen's Long jump T11
Terezinha GuilherminaAthleticsWomen's 400 m T11
Sérgio Fróes Ribeiro de OlivaEquestrianMen's Individual freestyle test grade Ia
Brazil men's national football 7-a-side team
Football 7-a-sideMen's Tournament
Brazil men's national goalball team
GoalballMen's Tournament
Bruna Costa Alexandre
Jennyfer Marques Parinos
Danielle Rauen		Table tennisWomen Team C6–10
Aloisio Lima
Guilherme Marcião da Costa
Iranildo Conceição Espíndola		Table tennisMen Team C1–2
Brazil women's national sitting volleyball team
Sitting volleyballWomen's Tournament
Joana Maria SilvaSwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle S5
Daniel Dias
Ruan Felipe Lima de Souza
André Brasil
Phelipe Rodrigues		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m medley 34 points
Edneusa DortaAthleticsWomen's Marathon T12

Archery

Brazil automatically gets four berths at the 2016 Paralympics as the host nation, but had the ability to qualify additional athletes. At the 2015 World Archery Para Championships, several archers did just that. Francisco Cordeiro did this in the recurve men's open third round, while Jane Karla Gogel did it in the compound women's open by reaching the quarterfinal and Fabíola Lorenzi Dergovics added an extra spot as a result of her performance in the recurve women's open Paralympic secondary tournament. At the Parapan Games Brasil secured more spots with Thais Carvalho in the recurve women's open with a silver medal and Luciano Rezende with a gold medal and Diogo de Souza with the fourth place in the recurve men's open. All members of Brazilian archery team are participating at their first Paralympic Games as Brasil never before qualified an archer for the Paralympic Games, only Jane Karla Gogel had participated in 2008 Beijing and the 2012 London Games in table tennis.
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Athletics (track and field)

Petrúcio Ferreira is expected to be part of the Brazilian athletics delegation. When he was 18 years old, he broke the world record in the 200m T46/47 world record.
Terezinha Guilhermina will defend her three paralympic championships.
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AthleteEventMarkRank
Izabela CamposShot put F11–1210.1111
Izabela CamposDiscus throw F1132.60
Sheila FinderLong jump T475.009
Shirlene CoelhoShot put F3710.91 RR4
Shirlene CoelhoDiscus throw F37–3833.91 RR
Shirlene CoelhoJavelin throw F3737.57
Verônica HipólitoLong jump T384.378
Poliana JesusShot put F545.706
Poliana JesusJavelin throw F53–5413.965
Raíssa Rocha MachadoJavelin throw F55–5618.576
Marivana OliveiraShot put F359.28 RR
Silvânia Costa de OliveiraLong jump T114.98
Kelly Cristina PeixotoShot put F417.94 RR5
Roseane SantosShot put F56–578.367
Roseane SantosDiscus throw F56–5725.167
Thalita Vitória Simplício da SilvaLong jump T114.545
Ana Cláudia Maria da SilvaLong jump T423.625
Jenifer SantosLong jump T384.437
Lorena Salvatini SpoladoreLong jump T114.71

Boccia

Brazil qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport at the Montreal hosted 2015 BisFed Americas Pair and Team championship in the Pairs BC3 event. They claimed gold ahead of silver medalist Canada and bronze medalists Colombia.
Dirceu Pinto goes to the Rio Games as the reigning 2008 and 2012 individual BC4 and pairs BC4 gold medalist.
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Cycling

Road

Track

Equestrian

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# Discarded score.

Football 5-a-side

Brazil qualified for the Paralympics by virtue of being hosts. They also qualified in their own right by winning the IBSA Blind Football World Championships 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. They would also have qualified by virtue of winning the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada, the regional qualifier for the Americas.
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Football 7-a-side

Brazil automatically qualified as the host country. Jan Francisco Brito da Costa is the best player for Brazil, and dominated at the 2015 World Championships. His team finished third at the 2015 CP Football World Championships.
The draw for the tournament was held on May 6 at the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain. Brazil was put into Group A with Ukraine, Great Britain and Ireland. The tournament where the draw took place featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating. Brazil finished second, after losing 0 - 2 to the Ukraine in the 1st place match.
Going into the Rio Games, the country was ranked third in the world.
PlayerClassDate of birth Club
1Marcos dos Santos Ferreira FT7 CAIRA
2Jônatas Santos MachadoFT7 Vasco da Gama
3Fernandes Alves VieiraFT7 Vasco da Gama
4José Carlos Monteiro GuimarãesFT6 ANDEF
5Diego Delgado da SilvaFT7 Vasco da Gama
6Fabrizio Nascimento de OliveiraFT7 CAIRA
7Igor Romero RochaFT7 Vasco da Gama
8Hudson Hyure do Carmo JanuárioFT7 Vasco da Gama
9Wesley Martins de SouzaFT5 CAIRA
10Wanderson Silva de OliveiraFT8 ANDEF
11Leandro Gonçalves do AmaralFT7 CAIRA
12Gilvano Diniz da SilvaFT7 Vasco da Gama
13Maycon Ferreira de AlmeidaFT7 CAIRA
14Felipe Rafael da Silva GomesFT8 Vasco da Gama

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Goalball

Men

Romário Diego Marques is one of the members of the Brazil men's national goalball team. He is expected to be on the roster for Rio, after having been part of the silver medal winning team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and the gold medal winning team at the 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships. The team automatically qualified as hosts, but they would have qualified in their own right as winners of the 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships. Brazil's men enter the tournament ranked 5th in the world.
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Women

The Brazil women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games as hosts of the competition. They would have qualified in their own right after finishing second at the 2015 Parapan American Games. Brazil's women enter the tournament ranked 2nd in the world.
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Judo

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Paracanoeing

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to medal final; SF = Qualify to semifinal

Paratriathlon

, cross-country skier who competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympics, returns to make his debut in the Summer Paralympics competing in the Paratriathlon. He became the first Brazilian paralympic athlete to compete in both the Winter and Summer Paralympics.
AthleteEventSwimTrans 1BikeTrans 2RunTotal timeRank
Fernando AranhaMen's PT113:111:2137:590:5813:221:06:517
Ana Raquel LinsWomen's PT412:301:2442:320:5124:071:21:2411

Powerlifting

AthleteEventTotal liftedRank
Bruno CarraMen's –54 kg1624
Evânio da SilvaMen's –88 kg210
Mariana D'AndreaWomen's –61 kg101
Terezinha SantosWomen's –67 kg935
Márcia MenezesWomen's –86 kg1115

Rowing

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Brazil qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the AS Men's Single Sculls event with a seventh-place finish in a time of 04:57.010.
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; R=Repechage

Sailing

Legend: DNC=Did not come; DNF=Did not finish; DNS=Did not start; STP=Standard Penalty

Shooting

The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Alexandre Galgani earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R4 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 event.
Qualification Legend: QG = Qualified for Gold Medal Match; QB = Qualified for Bronze Medal Match

Sitting volleyball

Men

qualified for the 2016 Games as the host nation.
No.NameDate of birthSport classSpikeBlockClub
D CPSP
D CPSP
D CPSP
D CPSP
D Unilehu
D Unilehu
D SESI São Paulo
MD CPSP
D Paineiras
D Paineiras
D CPSP
MD Unilehu

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Women

qualified for the 2016 Games as the host nation.
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Swimming

is a favorite Brazilian swimmer going into the Rio Paralympics. Brazilian swimmers competed at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships as part of their Rio readiness efforts.
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Table tennis

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Wheelchair basketball

Men

The Brazil men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics by virtue of being the host nation. Brazil had the choice of which group they wanted to be in. They were partnered with Spain, who would be in the group Brazil did not select. Brazil chose Group B, which included Iran, the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Algeria.
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Women

The Brazil women's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. As hosts, Brazil got to choose which group they were put into. They were partnered with Algeria, who would be put in the group they did not chose. Brazil chose Group A, which included Canada, Germany, Great Britain and Argentina. Algeria ended up in Group B with the United States, the Netherlands, France and China.
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Wheelchair fencing

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Wheelchair rugby

The Brazil national wheelchair rugby team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics by virtue of being the host nation. Brazil was scheduled to open play in Rio against Canada on September 14. Their second game was scheduled to be against Australia on September 15. Their final game of group play as against the Great Britain on September 16. Brazil entered the tournament ranked number nineteen in the world.
PlayerGenderSport classDate of birth Club
1Gilson Wirzma JúniorMale0.5 Gladiadores Curitiba
2Lucas JunqueiraMale0.5 ADEACAMP
3Guilherme CamargoMale1.5 Minas Quad
4José Raul GuentherMale1.0 Gigantes
5Alexandre Taniguchi Male2.0 ADEACAMP
6José Higino Male2.0 Brasília Quad Clube
7Bruno DamacenoMale2.5 ADEACAMP
8Rafael HoffmannMale2.0 Gladiadores Curitiba
9Davi AbreuMale2.0 Minas Quad
10Anderson KaissMale2.0 Gladiadores Curitiba
11Júlio BrazMale3.0 Minas Quad
12Alexandre GiuriatoMale3.0 Gigantes

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Wheelchair tennis

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