da SILVA SOUSA Lucilene

Date of Birth: 5 Apr 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S12,SB12

Place of birth: SAO MIGUEL DO GUAMA

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : INDAIATUBA

Residence Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle - S13
	Women's 100n Freestyle - S12	6
	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB12	5
	Women's 100m Butterfly - S13
	Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 49 Points BRA Brazil	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Butterfly - S13 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - S13 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S12 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S12 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 49 Points Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB12 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
2	4x100m Freestyle Relay - 49 Points	2019	London, GBR	3:53.17
6	100m Freestyle - S12	2019	London, GBR	1:01.89
8	50m Freestyle - S12	2019	London, GBR	28.88

Luh (Facebook profile, 31 May 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Associacao Paralimpica de Indaiatuba [ADI APIN] [Brazil]

Antonio Luiz Duarte Candido [club, national], BRA; Leonardo Tomasello Araujo [national], BRA

Sporting relatives:

Her siblings Antonio Jose and Josemarcio are also vision impaired athletes who have competed in goalball and Para athletics. Josemarcio was a member of the Brazilian goalball team that won bronze at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and gold at the 2018 world championships and 2019 and 2015 Parapan American Games. (cpb.org.br, 25 Apr 2018; globoesporte.globo.com, 29 Nov 2013)

Other sports:

She has represented Brazil in goalball and won gold at the 2017 Youth Parapan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (cpb.org.br, 05 Apr 2020; insidethegames.biz, 24 Mar 2017; handebolminuto.wordpress.com, 12 Jan 2017)

2018 for Brazil, in Sao Paulo, Brazil (cpb.org.br, 25 Apr 2018)

She took up the sport seriously in 2018 with the Associacao Paralimpica de Indaiatuba [ADI APIN]. (oliberal.com, 06 Sep 2019)

Two of her siblings are also vision impaired athletes and she followed in their footsteps. She initially competed in goalball but switched to swimming because she was invited to join the Brazilian national team after she broke the national record in the 50m freestyle. (cpb.org.br, 05 Apr 2020; oliberal.com, 06 Sep 2019; portalamazonia.com, 28 Apr 2018; globoesporte.globo.com, 29 Nov 2013)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 17 May 2021)

Competing at the 2019 World Championships in London, England. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Jun 2021; rededoesporte.gov.br, 06 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"If you want to achieve extraordinary things, you need to put in extraordinary effort." (Instagram profile, 17 Jul 2019)

She was named Most Efficient Female Swimmer and Most Efficient Junior Female Swimmer at the 2018 national championships in Brazil. (esporte.gov.br, 22 Oct 2018)

General Interest

Classification
S12, SB12, SM12 (IPC, 17 Jun 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (cpb.org.br, 05 Apr 2020; portalamazonia.com, 28 Apr 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (cpb.org.br, 05 Apr 2020; globoesporte.globo.com, 29 Nov 2013)

Impairment Details
She was born with a damaged optic nerve that has resulted in her gradually losing her vision. (cpb.org.br, 05 Apr 2020; globoesporte.globo.com, 29 Nov 2013)

General
FAMILY LIFE
She is the youngest of a 10-sibling family from Sao Miguel do Guama, Brazil. Her father died around the time of her birth and her mother had to raise all of the children by herself. She and two other siblings, Antonio Jose and Josemarcio, were born with vision impairments. Antonio Jose was the first to be involved in sports and was the inspiration for his siblings. She also says that her brother Josemarcio encourages her to continue doing sport. "There were times in which I wanted to stop. It's very difficult. But he [Josemarcio] supports me and encourages me." (cpb.org.br, 05 Apr 2020; globoesporte.globo.com, 29 Nov 2013)

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Legend

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

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