CAVALCANTE da SILVA Arthur

Date of Birth: 11 Mar 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Sport Class: B1

Place of birth: NATAL

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : NATAL

Residence Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Men -90 kg	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Men -90 kg Elimination Round of 16 #3 VEN ESPINOZA RODRIGUEZESPINOZA RODRIGUEZ Hector Armando Sport Class: B1 0 DNS BRA CAVALCANTE da SIL.CAVALCANTE da SILVA Arthur Sport Class: B1 10 IPP	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Men -90 kg Quarterfinals #9 IRI NOURI VNOURI Vahid Sport Class: B3 10s1 IPP BRA CAVALCANTE da SIL.CAVALCANTE da SILVA Arthur Sport Class: B1 0	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Men -90 kg Final of Repechage B #28 BRA CAVALCANTE da SIL.CAVALCANTE da SILVA Arthur Sport Class: B1 10s1 IPP JPN HIROSE HHIROSE Haruka Sport Class: B3 0s2	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Men -90 kg Bronze Medal Contest B #32 BRA CAVALCANTE da SIL.CAVALCANTE da SILVA Arthur Sport Class: B1 0 UKR NAZARENKO ONAZARENKO Oleksandr Sport Class: B2 10 IPP	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
7	Men -90 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
7	Men -90 kg	2018	Odivelas, POR
9	Men -90 kg	2014	Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Occupation:

Athlete, Motivational Speaker

History - Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, BRA

Wife Tarcila Medeiros

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Associacao dos Deficientes Visuais do Rio Grande do Norte [Natal, BRA]

Other sports:

He has competed in able-bodied judo at national level in U23 competitions. (lmc.org.br, 10 Jun 2014)

He took up the sport in 2009 at age 17. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

He began playing judo as he was unable to cycle or play football due to his visual impairment. (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

Brazilian judoka Eduardo Santos. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Coach Tiberio Maribondo. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Philosophy:

"Sport isn't about the result, it's about the effort we put in and facing up to challenges." (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

General Interest

Classification
B1 (IBSA, 10 May 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Impairment Details
He has retinitis pigmentosa, which began affecting his sight at age two. He lost his sight at age 18. (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNS:: Did not start
IPP:: Ippon

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