CORREIA Joao

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
6	100m - T51	2019	Dubai, UAE	24.57
8	100m - T51	2017	London, GBR	27.73
9	100m - T52	2006	Assen, NED	36.86
DNS	Men's 200m T52	2006	Assen, NED	DNS

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Centro de Atletismo de Santo Tirso [Portugal]

Jenny Archer [personal], from 2015

2003 for Portugal, European Championships in Assen, Netherlands (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

In August 2018 he underwent back surgery and returned to competition in January 2019. (jornaldoave.pt, 10 Sep 2019)

An injury forced him to undergo surgery on his spinal cord in January 2006. After the procedure, he rushed back to training in order to compete and obtain a qualifying time for the 2006 World Championships in Assen, Netherlands. He reached his goal and qualified for the event, but while competing, he began noticing a loss of upper-body strength and upon his return to Portugal his doctors informed him that his first vertebra had been severely damaged. The injury required immediate surgery that the doctors gave him just a 10% chance of surviving. After three more operations and intensive physiotherapy treatment, he was finally able to return to the sport in 2015. (runningmag.pt, 03 Apr 2016)

He took up athletics in 1992 at a club in Braga, Portugal. His first competition was at age 16. (santo-tirso.tv, 04 Jun 2018; joaocorreia.com, 06 May 2016; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

He became interested in the sport after watching a half marathon in which there were wheelchair racers competing. (joaocorreia.com, 06 May 2016; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (santo-tirso.tv, 03 Nov 2020)

Winning a silver medal in the 200m at the 2003 European Championships in Assen, Netherlands. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Swiss wheelchair racer Heinz Frei. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Swiss wheelchair racer Heinz Frei, who gave him his first racing wheelchair. (Facebook page, 03 Oct 2019; opraticante.pt, 10 Jun 2017; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

"Never give up." (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)