ARANTES Samuel Henrique

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 28 Jan 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: FORMIGA

Birth Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sitting Volleyball	Men BRA Brazil	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool B #04 BRA Brazil 3 CHN China 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool B #08 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 3 BRA Brazil 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool B #10 BRA Brazil 1 GER Germany 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Semifinals #15 RPC RPC 3 BRA Brazil 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Bronze Medal Match #17 BRA Brazil 1 BIH Bosnia Herzegovina 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
6	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN

Occupation:

Accounting - University Centre of Formiga, Brazil

Languages spoken:

Instituto Barueri Paraolimpico [Brazil]

Celio Mediato [national]

Position style:

Outside hitter (ge.globo.com, 10 Sep 2019)

He took up able-bodied volleyball in 2000. Following his accident, he was selected for the Brazilian sitting volleyball team in 2007. (formiga.mg.gov.br, 10 Sep 2019)

He discovered the sport through social media (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (World Para Volley, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Instagram profile, 14 Aug 2021; cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Instagram profile, 14 Aug 2021; cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

Impairment Details
His right leg was amputated below the knee following a car accident in 2006. (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/samuel.arantes.75
https://instagram.com/samuel_arantes_11

Legend

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

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