MARINHO de OLIVEIRA Joeferson

Date of Birth: 7 Jan 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T12

Place of birth: JOAO PESSOA

Birth Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 100m - T12	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T12 Round 1 - Heat 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T12 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
2	100m - T12	2019	Dubai, UAE	10.77

Branquinho (globo.com, 24 Oct 2017)

Languages spoken:

Fundacao Centro Integrado de Apoio a Pessoa com Deficiencia [FUNAD] [Joao Pessoa, BRA]

Pedro de Almeida Pereira [personal]

Other sports:

He has competed in Para swimming at national junior level in Brazil. (paraiba.pb.gov.br, 23 Nov 2016)

He first tried athletics at age nine and began competing at national youth level in 2013. (cpb.org.br, 01 Sep 2019; paralympic.org, 23 Apr 2019)

He was invited to try a workout by coach Manuel Mendes. "I did really well from the start and was called up to travel to Sao Paulo [in Brazil] to compete." (paralympic.org, 23 Apr 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (globoesporte.globo.com, 20 Oct 2019)

Brazilian Para sprinter Petrucio Ferreira Dos Santos. (paralympic.org, 23 Apr 2019)

General Interest

Classification
T12, F12 (IPC, 07 Apr 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (paralympic.org, 2017)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (cpb.org.br, 01 Sep 2019)

Impairment Details
He was born with albinism, and was diagnosed with a vision impairment at age three. (cpb.org.br, 01 Sep 2019)

General
TRAINING PARTNER
He trains alongside fellow Brazilian Para athlete Petrucio Ferreira Dos Santos, who won one gold medal and two silver medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "Seeing what Petrucio has accomplished, where he has got to, it pushes me even more to give my best and to lower my times more and more." (globoesporte.globo.com, 20 Oct 2019; paralympic.org, 23 Apr 2019)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/joefersonmarinho.jeferson

Legend

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

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