JUNIOR Washington

Date of Birth: 20 Dec 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T47

Place of birth: RIO DE JANEIRO

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : SAO PAULO

Residence Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 100m - T47	3
	4x100m Universal Relay BRA Brazil

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T47 Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T47 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	4 x 100m Universal Relay Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
2	100m - T47	2019	Dubai, UAE	10.58

Shitao (esportes.estadao.com.br, 13 Nov 2019)

Languages spoken:

Nauru [Sao Paulo, BRA]

Amaury Wagner Verissimo [national], BRA

He took up Para athletics at age 15. (cpb.org.br, 01 Sep 2019)

He wanted to become a footballer, but one day a friend of his mother told him she was a member of a sporting project for people with an impairment. He thought it would give him the opportunity to improve his fitness for football, so he began going to training sessions. He met other Para athletes there and realised athletics could allow him to travel around the world. "I thought, 'If they can do it, I can too'. And that was how football was put aside." (esportes.estadao.com.br, 13 Nov 2019; cpb.org.br, 01 Sep 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 09 Jun 2021)

Winning silver in the T47 100m at the 2019 World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Jun 2021; correio24horas.com.br, 12 Nov 2019)

Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi, Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer Neymar. (esportes.estadao.com.br, 13 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"Fear is only an illusion. You must be greater than your fear. It does not exist for me. What exists is the difficulties we encounter along the way. In life we learn everything, but overcoming the obstacles we have in our path is essential to the path of success." (Facebook profile, 01 Sep 2019)

General Interest

Classification
T47 (IPC, 15 Jun 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (esportes.estadao.com.br, 13 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
He was born with an impairment to his right arm. (esportes.estadao.com.br, 13 Nov 2019; cpb.org.br, 01 Sep 2019)

General
CLEAN SWEEP
At the 2019 World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, he was part of the Brazilian team that swept the podium in the T47 100m final. He claimed silver behind gold medal winner Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos with Yohansson Nascimento taking bronze. (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Jun 2021)

CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT
He grew up and lived in the Cidade de Deus neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil before relocating to Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2018 to train at the national Paralympic training centre. "There are a lot of shootings in Cidade de Deus, so I was disadvantaged, location wise, when compared to my rivals. Moving to Sao Paulo was complicated at the beginning because of the weather, as I was always catching a cold but, once I got used to it, it improved my results so much." (esportes.estadao.com.br, 13 Nov 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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