ALVES ROCA Heriberto

ARCHERY

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
9	Team Recurve - Open	2019	's-Hertogenbosch, NED
57	Individual Recurve - Open	2019	's-Hertogenbosch, NED

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
9	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN
10	Men	2004	Athens, GRE
World Championships
9	Men	2006	Amsterdam, NED
10	Men	2002	Kitakyushu, JPN

Athlete, Motivational Speaker

Portuguese

Aguias da Cadeira de Rodas [Sao Paulo, BRA]

He has also represented Brazil in wheelchair basketball and competed at the 2004 and 2008 Paralympic Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 13 Aug 2021; clubeesperia.com.br, 19 Sep 2018)

He took up Para archery in 2016 after transitioning from wheelchair basketball. (clubeesperia.com.br, 19 Sep 2018)

In 2017 he was invited to visit Clube Esperia in Sao Paulo, Brazil, by archery coordinator Reinaldo Augusto Nunes. "I came to see the club and I was delighted, I fell in love right away." (clubeesperia.com.br, 19 Sep 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (cbclubes.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

Competing at the 2004 and 2008 Paralympic Games. (globoplay.globo.com, 01 Apr 2021)

Brazilian basketball player Oscar Schmidt. (odia.terra.com.br, 22 Jun 2007)

"Sport was essential for my recovery and adaptation in society, both psychologically and physically. Sport is everything to me, it helped me become the person I am today and gave me the strength to fight in all areas of my life." (cbclubes.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)