de OLIVEIRA DIAS Edwarda

22 Apr 1999
22
Female
VS1
PINHAO
 
Brazil
SUZANO
 
Brazil

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
VBS Sitting Volleyball Women 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Makuhari Messe Hall A
BRA
Brazil
3
CAN
Canada
2
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
JPN
Japan
0
BRA
Brazil
3
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
BRA
Brazil
3
ITA
Italy
1
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
BRA
Brazil
0
USA
United States
3
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
BRA
Brazil
3
CAN
Canada
1
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
3Women2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
5Women2018Netherlands
6Women2014Elblag, POL
:
Duda (unicentro.br, 26 Sep 2016)
:
Accounting - Faculty of Suzano, Brazil
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Portuguese
:
SESI-SP [Suzano, BRA] since 2014
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Jose Agtonio Guedes Dantas [national], BRA
:
She has competed in Para badminton at national level in Brazil. (cpb.org.br, 29 Nov 2019)
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Campeonato Brasileiro [BRA] (cbvd.org.br, 23 Sep 2019)
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She began playing volleyball at age 10. She took up sitting volleyball in 2013. (cbvd.org.br, 22 Jun 2018; jornalfatos.com.br, 25 Oct 2012)
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She was playing standing volleyball in a local league in Parana, Brazil, when she was encouraged to try sitting volleyball. "I didn't even know what sitting volleyball was. Until then I had never seen it." (Chegando o Chiriguete Facebook page, 14 Sep 2019)
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To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Chegando o Chiriguete Facebook page, 14 Sep 2019)
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She trains for up to five hours a day. (Chegando o Chiriguete Facebook page, 14 Sep 2019)
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Competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (unicentro.br, 26 Sep 2016)
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"Never put limits on your life, you are capable of much beyond the impossible. Just take the risk." (unicentro.br, 26 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 18 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (jornalfatos.com.br, 25 Oct 2012)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (jornalfatos.com.br, 25 Oct 2012)

Impairment Details
She was born with a malformation to the lower part of her right leg. (rededoesporte.gov.br, 17 Aug 2018; jornalfatos.com.br, 25 Oct 2012)

General
SPORT CHANGE
She plans to end her sitting volleyball career after the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in order to focus on Para badminton. She has competed in the SL4 classification in the Brazilian Para badminton championship. "I will close my cycle in [sitting volleyball] in Tokyo, and then start the way to the 2024 Paralympic Games [in Paris] in Para badminton." (cpb.org.br, 29 Nov 2019; Chegando o Chiriguete Facebook page, 14 Sep 2019)

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