MOURAO Norberto

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
2	Va'a Single 200m - VL2	2019	Szeged, HUN	52.82
9	Men's K1 200m TA	2013	Duisburg, GER	49.028
9	Men's K1 200m TA	2012	Poznan, POL	DNF
11	Va'a Single 200m - VL2	2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:02.738
12	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2016	Duisburg, GER	50.537
12	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2015	Milan, ITA	47.431
13	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	47.195
European Championships
1	Va'a Single 200m - VL2	2021	Duisburg, GER	53.437
3	Va'a Single 200m - VL2	2019	Poznan, POL	55.920
10	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2017	Plovdiv, BUL	50.932

Athlete, Motivational Speaker

English, Portuguese

Ivo Quendera [national], POR

2012 for Portugal, in Poznan, Poland (Facebook page, 07 Oct 2019)

He took up Para canoe seriously in 2011 at Clube Atletico do Montijo in Portugal. (Facebook page, 07 Oct 2019; estesl.ipl.pt, 25 Oct 2012)

He wanted to strengthen his arms. "I liked canoeing, but just watched it on television [before the accident]." (record.pt, 13 Oct 2019)

He trains at the Nautical Centre of High Performance in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal. (Facebook page, 16 Nov 2020)

Winning bronze at the 2019 European Championships in Poznan, Poland, and qualifying for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo after claiming silver at the 2019 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. (canoe-europe.org, 03 May 2019; record.pt, 13 Oct 2019, 22 Aug 2019)

"In the canoe, I feel incredible freedom and that's why I feel that it will be part of my life forever." (record.pt, 13 Oct 2019)

In 2019 he received the Stromp Award from Sporting Clube de Portugal. (Instagram profile, 19 Dec 2019)