MENDES Raimundo

Football 5-a-side

Date of Birth: 19 Aug 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Sport Class: B1

Place of birth: OROCO

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : PETROLINA

Residence Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football 5-a-side	Men BRA Brazil	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #02 BRA Brazil 3 CHN China 0	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #06 BRA Brazil 4 JPN Japan 0	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #10 FRA France 0 BRA Brazil 4	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Semi-final 2 #16 BRA Brazil 1 MAR Morocco 0	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Gold Medal Match #18 ARG Argentina 0 BRA Brazil 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
1	Men	2012	London, GBR
World Championship
1	Men	2018	Madrid, ESP
1	Men	2014	Tokyo, JPN

Wife Kleanny, son Lucas Emanuel

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese

AGAFUC [Canoas, BRA]

Fabio Vasconcelos [national], BRA

Position style:

Forward (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 16 Jan 2020)

2011 for Brazil (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

He has sustained an injury to his pelvis during his career. (rededoesporte.gov.br, 15 Sep 2016)

He began playing football as a child in Oroco, Brazil. He took up Para football 5-a-side at age 23 in Petrolina, Brazil. (rededoesporte.gov.br, 15 Sep 2016; Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (globoesporte.globo.com, 15 Jan 2021)

"Two goals were remarkable for me - the second goal in the final of the America Cup in 2019 and the second goal in the final of the World Championship in Madrid [Spain], in 2018, both of them against Argentina. They were special because they guaranteed our victory in both competitions." (cpb.org.br 09 Jun 2019)

His mother. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

In 2019 he was named Best 5-a-side Footballer by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee [CPB]. (globoesporte.globo.com, 17 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Classification
B1 (ibsasport.org, 18 May 2021)

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

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

Impairment Details
He was born with retinitis pigmentosa. (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

General
SKILLS
He played on dirt pitches as a boy, which not only helped him develop his skills but also meant he could play with his friends. "There wasn't a cement pitch [where he grew up in Oroco, Brazil]. The ball made a sound on the dirt, that's how I knew where it was. [Shooting first-time] is a reflex that I have tried to improve. My hearing is good because I played with a conventional football on the ground, but with the [special] ball it became easier for me to hear it and to know exactly where it is so I can try a shot." (rededoesporte.gov.br, 15 Sep 2016)

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Legend

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

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