CARDOSO da SILVA Luis Carlos

Brazil
Canoe Sprint
11 Dec 1984
36
Male
KL1,VL2
PICOS
 
Brazil

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CSP Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Single 200m - KL1 2 Silver Medal
Men's Va'a Single 200m - VL2 7

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Kayak Single 200m - KL1 Heat 2
#2
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Va'a Single 200m - VL2 Heat 1
#13
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Kayak Single 200m - KL1 Final A
#28
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Va'a Single 200m - VL2 Semi-final 2
#39
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Va'a Single 200m - VL2 Final A
#46
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
4Kayak Single 200m - KL12016Rio de Janeiro, BRA51.631
World Championships
1Va'a Single 200m - VL22019Szeged, HUN51.68
1VL12017Racice, CZE55.356
1VL12016Duisburg, GER56.539
1Kayak Single 200m - KL12015Milan, ITA50.863
1VL12015Milan, ITA57.912
1Men's V1 200m A2014Moscow, RUS54.944
2Va'a Single 200m - VL22018Montemor-o-Velho, POR54.911
2Men's V1 200m A2012Poznan, POL1:18.267
3Kayak Single 200m - KL12019Szeged, HUN46.49
3Kayak Single 200m - KL12018Montemor-o-Velho, POR51.376
3Kayak Single 200m - KL12017Racice, CZE48.016
3Kayak Single 200m - KL12016Duisburg, GER52.233
11Men's V1 200m TA2014Moscow, RUS57.908
DSQMen's V1 200m A2013Duisburg, GERDSQ
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Athlete
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Methodist University of Sao Paulo, Sao Bernardo do Campo, BRA
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Portuguese
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Sao Bernardo [Brazil]
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Akos Angyal [personal], HUN
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2012 for Brazil, Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (esportedefato.com.br, 11 Sep 2017)
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2011 (paralympic.org, 20 Nov 2015)
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He began para canoeing in 2011. (paralympic.org, 20 Nov 2015)
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He took up the sport as a means of keeping fit following his diagnosis. "I realised during my rehab, that sporting activities in the wheelchair would be a way to break the routine of going to physical therapy and going back home to watch television." (paralympic.org, 20 Nov 2015)
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To win two medals at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 03 Sep 2020)
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Winning two gold medals at the 2015 World Championships in Milan, Italy. (esportedefato.com.br, 11 Sep 2017)
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He was named Para Canoeist of the Year by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee in 2019. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 03 Sep 2020)

General Interest

Classification
KL1, VL2 (ICF, 23 Aug 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympic.org, 20 Nov 2015)

Impairment Details
In 2009 he learned he had an infection in his bone marrow due to a parasite called schistosomiasis. On his 25th birthday, he received the news that he was paralysed and would never be able to walk again. (paralympic.org, 20 Nov 2015; luiscarlosparacanoagem.com.br, 08 Jun 2016)

General
DANCE BACKGROUND
Before taking up Para sport he was a professional dancer for nine years. After his diagnosis he took up both Para canoe and wheelchair basketball but chose to commit to the former. "I see kayaking as a dance. While dancing you have the choreography in your head, but there can always be something unexpected. In canoeing it is the same, the only difference is the context in which the movements are executed." (paralympic.org, 20 Nov 2015)

Legend
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Silver Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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