CONCEICAO de OLIVEIRA Wescley

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 14 Nov 1983

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of residence : SAO GONCALO

Residence 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
4	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
5	Men	2012	London, GBR
6	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN
World Championships
2	Men	2014	Elblag, POL
3	Men	2018	Netherlands

Languages spoken:

Vasco da Gama [Rio de Janeiro, BRA]

Celio Mediato [national]

Position style:

Middle blocker (netvasco.com.br, 07 Dec 2018)

National league:

Campeonato Brasileiro [BRA] (cpb.org.br, 12 Dec 2019)

He began playing sitting volleyball in 2003. (NOC Media Guide, 01 Aug 2015)

He used to play football before his accident. Once he lost his leg he tried Para football seven-a-side, as well as Para athletics, but he was later motivated to take up sitting volleyball. (esportes.r7.com, 29 Aug 2019)

In 2018 he was named Sitting Volleyball Player of the Year by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee [CPB]. (cbdv.org.br, 10 Dec 2018)

He was named Best Server at the 2018 World Championships in the Netherlands. (worldparavolley.org, 01 Aug 2018)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 10 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (NOC Media Guide, 01 Aug 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (NOC Media Guide, 01 Aug 2015)

Impairment Details
He was hit by a van while walking on the pavement at age 16. The incident resulted in the amputation of his left leg. (radioagencianacional.ebc.com.br, 14 Sep 2016; NOC Media Guide, 01 Aug 2015)

Social Media

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Legend

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

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