CARDOSO FERNANDES Silvana Mayara

Rank	Event	Year	Location
European Championships
5	Women K44 -58kg	2019	Bari, ITA

Portuguese

Clube Furia LPBE [Joao Pessoa, BRA]

Alan Nascimento [national]; Adriano Lucena [personal]

She competed in Para athletics [javelin throw] at national level in Brazil. (cpb.org.br, 25 Sep 2020)

2019 for Brazil, Pan American Championships in Portland, OR, United States (atletasnow.com, 01 Aug 2020)

She began Para sports at age 14 with the javelin throw. She took up Para taekwondo in 2018. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 26 May 2020)

Her first Para sport was the javelin throw before later switching to Para taekwondo. "When I began practising [Para] sport, I had a goal to join the national team. But when the list of events for the [2019] Para Pan [American Games in Lima, Peru], the javelin throw in my class was not there. So my dream to be part of the national team ceased. Then I began to know Para taekwondo. I did the test, and then I found out I had potential." (TV Correio YouTube channel, 21 Aug 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, to win a medal at the world championships, and to compete at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 26 May 2020)

Winning gold in the K44 -58kg category at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. "My most memorable sporting achievement was my victory at the [2019] Para Pan American Games [in Lima, Peru], because when I changed sports, from athletics to taekwondo, there were a lot of uncertainties if this change would work. I had to stay dedicated to athletics for one year at the same time I began Para taekwondo." (paraibaesporte.com.br, 01 Apr 2020)

Brazilian taekwondoka Milena Titoneli, Brazilian Para taekwondoka Nathan Torquato, Brazilian Para sprinter Petrucio Ferreira. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 26 May 2020)