Team Brazil - Profile

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Brazil made its Paralympic debut in 1972 in Heidelberg, and has sent a delegation of athletes to each edition of the Games since. Competitors from the NPC claimed a total of 14 gold medals in front of home fans at Rio 2016, which was down from the 21 won in London four years earlier, but the team's overall record of 72 [14 gold, 29 silver, 29 bronze] in 2016 was a new high at the Paralympic Games for Brazil.

Clodoaldo Silva and Daniel Dias are two of Brazil's most famous Paralympians, and both competed in the pool. S4 swimmer Silva represented the NPC at four editions of the Games between 2000 and 2016, and won six gold medals at Athens 2004 in freestyle, butterfly, individual medley, and the medley relay. He also claimed six silver medals, including one in the 20 points mixed 4x50m freestyle relay at Rio 2016, and two bronze medals between 2000 and 2016. Dias first competed at the Games in 2008 and has gone on to win an incredible 14 gold medals. His tally includes six gold medals at London 2012, and four in front of a home crowd at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazilian competitors also have a fine record in athletics at the Paralympic Games. Lucas Prado claimed gold in the men's T11 100m, 200m, and 400m at the 2008 Games in Beijing, while throwing athlete Luis Claudio Pereira secured six gold medals across shot put, discus, and javelin events between 1984 and 1992. Vision impaired sprinter Terezinha Guilhermina competed at four consecutive editions of the Games from 2004 to 2016, recording a tally of three gold, two silver and three bronze, and Adria Santos won 13 medals [four gold, eight silver, one bronze] between 1988 and 2008 in the women's 100m, 200m, and 400m.

Judoka Antonio Tenorio won gold medals at four consecutive editions of the Games between 1996 and 2008, claiming victory in the men's 86kg category in 1996 before moving up to the 90kg category in 2000 and the 100kg division in 2004 and 2008. He had to settle for the bronze medal in 2012 and won silver at age 45 at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. Boccia player Dirceu Pinto has four Paralympic gold medals from the Games in 2008 and 2012, more than any other Brazilian player, while wheelchair fencer Jovane Silva Guissone secured gold in the men's individual epee B competition at London 2012. The Brazilian men's 5-a-side football team have also dominated Paralympic competition in recent years, winning gold at each edition of the Games from 2004 to 2016.

Anthem Title: Hino Nacional Brasileiro [Brazilian National Anthem]

Anthem Composer: Words by Joaquim Osorio Duque Estrada, music by Francisco Manoel da Silva.

Anthem Inducted: 1890

Official NPC Name: Brazilian Paralympic Committee

IPC Recognition Date: 1991

Delegation President: Mizael Conrado

First OG/PG Appearance: 1972

Number OG/PG Appearances: 13 [Tokyo 2020 included]

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