da SILVA Jose Ronaldo

Liga Central de Natacao [Brazil]

Airton Bianchi [club, national]; Fabiano Quirino da Silva Pereira [national], BRA

He took up the sport in 2015. (afolhasaocarlos.com.br, 04 Mar 2016)

After his accident he practised Para handball but did not enjoy it. He then spent five years without any sporting activity before joining the Para swimming team of coach Airton Bianchi in Sao Carlos, Brazil. "I spent five years lying on a bed before discovering coach Bianchi's project on the internet. I didn't even know how to swim. I did my first strokes and I discovered a new world. I came back to life thanks to swimming." (cbnribeirao.com.br, 09 Aug 2017; descalvadonews.com.br, 21 Nov 2018; afolhasaocarlos.com.br, 04 Mar 2016)

"Always winning, that's my goal." (afolhasaocarlos.com.br, 04 Mar 2016)

In 2018 he received an acknowledgement from the municipality of Descalvado, Brazil, for his sporting achievements. (descalvadonews.com.br, 21 Nov 2018)