RUFINO de PAULO Fernando

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
2	Men's K1 200m TA	2014	Moscow, RUS	41.872
3	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2015	Milan, ITA	43.415
6	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2019	Szeged, HUN	44.33
6	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	43.865

Cowboy, Steel Cowboy (canoagem.org.br, 14 Mar 2016; Facebook profile, 04 Apr 2020; lance.com.br, 23 Sep 2018)

Athlete

Portuguese

In 2017 he fractured his left femur [thigh bone] after suffering a fall and missed several months of competition and training. (globoesporte.globo.com, 22 Aug 2018)

In 2016 he discovered he had high blood pressure and hypertrophy in his heart, forcing him to stop training and miss the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (globoesporte.globo.com, 22 Aug 2018)

In 2006 he was involved in a motorcycle accident and broke his leg. (brasil.elpais.com, 14 Sep 2016)

He began Para canoe in 2012. (olimpiadasdorio2016.com, 31 Jul 2016)

A rodeo bull rider, he had a desire to travel the world and wanted to get involved in a sport that would help him do that. "I had a goal at the rodeo and canoeing was the continuation of that. I only changed my modality, but I continued with the same objective to travel abroad and to know other cultures and languages. I was going to ride a bull for this. At the time, if you were a champion of Barretos, you would go to Las Vegas to represent Brazil. It ended up not working out at the rodeo and I thought, 'I'm going to go to another sport'. I spent three or four years recovering and I knew Para canoe. I liked the sport." (lance.com.br, 23 Sep 2018)

To win two medals at the Paralympic Games. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 03 Sep 2020)