FIUZA Maria

Date of Birth: 19 Dec 1972

Age: 48

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T11

Place of birth: LEIRIA

Birth Country:

Portugal

Place of residence : LISBON

Residence Country:

Portugal

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Marathon - T12	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium	Women's Marathon - T12	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
4	Women's 5000m T12	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	19:14.09
5	Women's 1500m T12	2004	Athens, GRE	4:58.63
5	Women's 1500m T12	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	5:07.83
7	Women's 800m T12-13	2008	Beijing, CHN	2:31.67
8	Women's 1500m T12	2012	London, GBR	5:21.75
8	1500m - T13	2008	Beijing, CHN	5:03.51
9	1500m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5:24.14
World Championships
5	Women's 1500m T12	2013	Lyon, FRA	5:17.88
5	Women's 1500m T12	2011	Christchurch, NZL	5:13.04
5	Women's 1500m T12	2006	Assen, NED	4:58.50
6	1500m - T11	2015	Doha, QAT	5:27.42
6	Women's 1500m T12	2002	Lille, FRA	DNF
8	1500m - T11	2017	London, GBR	5:25.51
10	1500m - T11	2019	Dubai, UAE	5:39.77
DNF	Women's 800m T12	2002	Lille, FRA	DNF
European Championships
2	1500m - T11	2018	Berlin, GER	5:38.47

Occupation:

Law - Faculty of Law of Lisbon, Portugal

Languages spoken:

Portuguese, English

Maratona Clube de Portugal [Oeiras, POR]

She sustained a stress fracture that prevented her from competing at the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta. (Athlete, 27 Jan 2010)

She took up the sport at age 20 at her university in Lisbon, Portugal. (40mulheres.redejovensigualdade.org.pt, 23 Dec 2017; jornaldeleiria.pt, 15 Sep 2016; Athlete, 27 Jan 2011)

She became involved in athletics in order to exercise and meet new people. "It is a painful sport and you need to learn to like it." (jornaldeleiria.pt, 15 Sep 2016; Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

To compete in the marathon at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook profile, 13 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"Do better every day." (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

General Interest

Classification
T11, F11 (IPC, 09 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
She has amblyopia, a vision development disorder. (pcd.pt, 15 Sep 2004)

Guide
Nuno Rocha (paralimpicos.pt, 19 Sep 2019)

General
STANDING OVATION
During the final of the T12 1500m at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, she received a standing ovation from the entire Olympic Stadium after she and her guide fell during the race. "I was well positioned, [but] I pushed my guide and he tripped and fell. I kept running alone, knowing that I would be unable to reach the finish line unassisted. But then, my guide turned up on my right side and said, 'You are too close to the edge of the track, watch out or you will fall'. It took me nearly five seconds to get up [after she fell], but it seemed like much longer. Later, my guide joked, 'We had only two ways to receive an 80,000-person standing ovation. Either we had to win, or I had to throw you to the ground'." (40mulheres.redejovensigualdade.org.pt, 23 Dec 2017)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has a postgraduate degree in sports law and management law. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/odete.fiuza

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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