de SOUZA GOMES Felipe

Date of Birth: 26 Apr 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T11

Place of birth: CAMPOS

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 - T11
	Men's 400m - T11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m - T11 Round 1 - Heat 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T11 Round 1 - Heat 4	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T11 Semi-Final 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	4x100m Relay - T11-13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	42.37
1	200m - T11	2012	London, GBR	22.97
2	100m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	11.08
2	200m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	22.52
2	400m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	50.38
3	100m - T11	2012	London, GBR	11.27
8	100m - T11	2008	Beijing, CHN	11.72
12	200m - T11	2008	Beijing, CHN	23.90
DSQ	4x100m Relay - T11-13	2012	London, GBR	DSQ
DSQ	4x100m Relay - T11-13	2008	Beijing, CHN	DSQ
DNS	Men's Triple Jump T11	2008	Beijing, CHN	DNS
World Championships
1	200m - T11	2015	Doha, QAT	22.83
2	100m - T11	2015	Doha, QAT	11.28
2	100m - T11	2013	Lyon, FRA	11.68
2	4x100m Relay - T11-13	2006	Assen, NED	44.32
3	100m - T11	2019	Dubai, UAE	11.14
3	400m - T11	2019	Dubai, UAE	51.54
4	400m - T11	2015	Doha, QAT	DSQ
5	4x100m Relay - T11-13	2015	Doha, QAT	44.12
5	200m - T11	2013	Lyon, FRA	23.44
5	100m - T11	2006	Assen, NED	11.88
10	200m - T11	2006	Assen, NED	DNS
10	Men's Long Jump T11	2006	Assen, NED	5.12
DSQ	4x100m Relay - T11-13	2013	Lyon, FRA	DSQ

Supporting Brazilian football team Flamengo. (globoesporte.globo.com, 06 Nov 2019)

Wife Viviane Soares

Languages spoken:

Fabio Dias de Oliveira Silva [personal]

Sporting relatives:

His wife Viviane Soares is also a Para athlete. She claimed bronze in the T12 100m at the 2019 World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 May 2020; globoesporte.globo.com, 06 Nov 2019)

He sustained a series of injuries while preparing for the 2008 Paralympic Games. (paralympic.org, 17 Feb 2016)

He took up athletics in 2003. (cpb.org.br, 01 Sep 2019)

He discovered athletics after playing football [5-a-side] and goalball. (cpb.org.br, 01 Sep 2019)

A school in the Tanque neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was named after him in recognition of his performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. A second school, in the Taquara neighbourhood, was also named after him. (paralympic.org, 04 Oct 2016; suburbiorj.com.br, 30 Sep 2016; prefeitura.rio, 29 Sep 2016)

He was named the 2015 Para Athletics Competitor of the Year by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee [CPB]. (cpb.org.br, 09 Dec 2015)

General Interest

Classification
T11, F11 (IPC, 03 Apr 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (cpb.org.br, 01 Sep 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (NOC Media Guide, 15 Aug 2015)

Impairment Details
He has no vision as the result of congenital glaucoma, cataracts, and a detached retina. He began losing his eyesight at age six. (cpb.org.br, 01 Sep 2019)

General
SPORTING COUPLE
In 2017 he married Brazilian Para athlete Viviane Soares. "We are together all the time. It's funny because I can't see and I can still tell her what she can improve on. She, with a little vision, also tells me what I am not doing right." (globoesporte.globo.com, 06 Nov 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/felipe.gomes.7731

Legend

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

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