BARBOSA SIQUEIRA Tuany Priscila

Brazil

Athletics

Date of Birth: 26 May 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Sport Class: F57

Place of birth: RIO DE JANEIRO

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : RIO DE JANEIRO

Residence Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Shot Put - F57	6
	Women's Discus Throw - F57	11

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Seated Discus/Club	Women's Discus Throw - F57 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Seated Shot Put	Women's Shot Put - F57 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Estacio de Sa University, Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Family:

Partner Michelle

Languages spoken:

Portuguese

Club name:

Instituto de Promocao do Paradesporto [IPP] [Brazil]

Coach:

Fernando Barbosa de Oliveira [club]; Amaury Wagner Verissimo [national], BRA

Other sports:

She competed in able-bodied judo at international level prior to her injury. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 07 Aug 2019)

Start:

She began Para sport in 2016 at a Paralympic Training Centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and decided to focus on athletics in 2017. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 07 Aug 2019)

Reason:

Fellow judoka Flavio Canto introduced her to a Brazilian Paralympic official, who then invited her to try out Para sport. "I paid a little more attention to shot put. Coincidentally, I met [Brazilian Para athlete] Raissa Machado at the airport. She said I would make a good shot putter and began encouraging me. [Brazilian Paralympic official] Joao Paulo also came to talk to me and said that I had the perfect profile for the shot put. He called Fernando Oliveira, who would become my coach. When I returned to Rio, I had practically a coach and a team." (Facebook profile, 22 Sep 2019; olimpiadatododia.com.br, 07 Aug 2019 )

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 07 Aug 2019)

Ritual:

"I always listen to Fernandinho's song 'Uma Nova Historia' [A New Story] before a competition or training. I believe the music suits me perfectly." (ge.globo.com, 26 Aug 2019)

Philosophy:

"I try to turn everything into fuel to not give up and go even further." (esportes.r7.com, 23 Aug 2019)

General Interest

Classification
F57 (paralympic.org, 06 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 07 Aug 2019)

Impairment Details
She has an impairment to her right leg as the result of an injury while competing in able-bodied judo at the 2014 Grand Prix event in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. She suffered a severe ligament rupture in her right knee after the leg became trapped on the mat during a bout. Doctors later found she had a knee dislocation which caused the ligament injury and a lesion that evolved into an edema, for which she underwent a fasciotomy surgery. "I have pain every day, but I can live with it. Although I don't feel anything from the knee down, I can get around well." (esportes.r7.com, 23 Aug 2019; olimpiadatododia.com.br, 07 Aug 2019; globoesporte.globo.com, 23 Nov 2014)

General
EARLY DAYS
Before her impairment she competed in able-bodied judo and says much of the technique for shot put is the polar opposite. "They're very different. In judo, I used my legs a lot, putting more strength on there. In shot put I moved to the chair and began to use my trunk more. In judo, the athlete pulls a lot, in shot put it's the opposite, I have to push a lot. My coach told me, 'In the first year, you will learn and understand what Para athletics is, in the second you will compete, and in the third you will qualify for competitions'. I thought he was crazy because I didn't know anything about the sport." (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 07 Aug 2019)

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Legend

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

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