VALENTE Abilio

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Team - BC1/BC2	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4	Team - BC1/BC2	2012	London, GBR
5	Individual - BC2	2012	London, GBR
8	Individual - BC2	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
7	Team - BC1/BC2	2018	Liverpool, GBR
11	Team - BC1/BC2	2014	Beijing, CHN
13	Individual - BC2	2018	Liverpool, GBR
16	Individual - BC2	2014	Beijing, CHN
European Championships
1	Individual - BC2	2019	Seville, ESP
2	Team - BC1/BC2	2019	Seville, ESP
3	Individual - BC2	2017	Povoa de Varzim, POR
6	Team - BC1/BC2	2017	Povoa de Varzim, POR

Bilu (comiteparalimpicoportugal.pt, 22 Sep 2008)

Athlete

English, Portuguese

Associacao do Porto de Paralisia Cerebral [APPC] [Portugal]

Ricardo Neves [personal], POR

He took up the sport in Porto, Portugal. (paralimpicos.pt, 01 Dec 2019)

He discovered boccia by participating in a demonstration of the sport, and he was later invited to join the Porto Cerebral Palsy Association in Portugal. "I began the sport for fun, and it became a way of life and a daily job." (public.vivacidade.org, 29 Sep 2016; paralimpicos.pt, 01 Dec 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralimpicos.pt, 31 Dec 2019)

He trains for up to six hours per day. (azemeis.net, 03 Sep 2019)

Winning gold in the individual BC2 event at the 2019 European Championships in Seville, Spain. (azemeis.net, 03 Sep 2019)

Portuguese boccia player Armando Costa. (comiteparalimpicoportugal.pt, 01 Jan 2011)

Coach Debora Lira. (azemeis.net, 03 Sep 2019)

"Take one game at a time." (comiteparalimpicoportugal.pt, 22 Sep 2008)

He was named 2019 Male Para Athlete of the Year by the Portuguese Sports Confederation [CDP]. (fpdd.org, 08 Jan 2020)

In 2016 he was named Commander of the Order of Merit of Portugal. (dn.pt, 09 Nov 2016)

He was named Boccia Player of the Year at the 2011 CDP Awards in Portugal. (comiteparalimpicoportugal.pt, 01 Jan 2011)