Brazil at the Paralympics

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Brazil at the
Paralympics
Flag of Brazil.svg
IPC code BRA
NPC Brazilian Paralympic Committee
Website www.cpb.org.br
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
135
Silver
161
Bronze
172
Total
468
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Brazil made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, sending representatives to compete in track and field, archery, swimming and wheelchair basketball. The country has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since. [1]

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Until the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Brazilians have won a total of 467 Paralympic medals, of which 135 golds, 161 silvers and 171 bronzes. This places the country 16th on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Brazil's first delegations experienced little success. No medals were won in 1972, and the country's only medal in 1976 was a silver, in the men's pairs in lawn bowls (through Robson S. Almeida and Luiz Carlos Costa). There were no medals either in 1980, but Brazilian Paralympians found notable success as from 1984, where they obtained their first gold: M. Ferraz won five silver medals and one gold in track and field; Márcia Malsar took three medals in athletics, of which the first gold for a Brazilian athlete; Luis Claúdio Pereira won four medals, of which two gold, in track and field; as did Amintas Piedade. Swimmer Maria Jussara Matas obtained three medals, of which one gold, while Marcelo Amorim won four medals (three swimming and a bronze), also in swimming.

Pereira won three of Brazil's four gold medals in 1988, the fourth coming from swimmer Graciana Moreira Alves. In 1992, four Brazilian athletes each won a gold medal in track and field, while the country's two gold in 1996 were won in swimming (José Arnulfo Medeiros) and Judo (Antônio Tenório). Da Silva took another gold in 2000, adding to Brazil's four golds in track and field and one in swimming that year. The 2004 Games saw the country's best result to date, with fourteen gold medals, of which five in athletics. Swimmer Clodoaldo Silva became Brazil's most successful Paralympian in history, winning six gold medals in the pool, and Brazil also started the men's football 5-a-side dominination, defeating Argentina in a penalty shoot-out in the final. (In the 7-a-side event, Brazil finished second, after a 1–4 defeat to Ukraine.) In 2008, athletics provided another four gold medals, boccia two, Judo one, and swimming eight (four each from Daniel Dias and André Brasil). In football, Brazil finished fourth in the 7-a-side event, with losses to Ukraine (0-6) and Iran (0-4) in the final round. The country did, however, successfully defend for the first time its Paralympic title in 5-a-side football, defeating China 2–1 in the final. [2]

Brazil debuted at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, sending two athletes. This made Brazil the second tropical nation ever to have competed at the Winter Paralympics, after Uganda and the third country in South America to have done so, the others being Chile and Argentina.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

This are the historical medal table for Brasil at the Summer Paralympics. [3] [4] This medal table also includes the 5 medals (1 gold, 3 silvers and 1 bronze) won at the 1992 Summer Paralympics for Intellectually Disabled, held in Madrid, who also organized by then International Coordenation Committee (ICC) and same Organizing Committee (COOB'92) who made the gestion of the 1992 Summer Paralympics held in Barcelona and also part of same event. But the results are not on the International Paralympic Committee 's (IPC) database. [5]

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
Flag of Italy.svg 1960 Rome did not participate
Flag of Japan.svg 1964 Tokyo
Flag of Israel.svg 1968 Tel-Aviv
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 Heidelberg 8 0000
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 Toronto 23 0101 31
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1980 Arnhem 2 0000
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1984 Stoke Mandeville
Flag of the United States.svg 1984 New York
30 717428 24
Flag of South Korea.svg 1988 Seoul 59 491528 24
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Barcelona-Madrid 41 43512 28
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta 60 261321 37
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney 63 610622 24
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens 96 1412733 14
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing 187 16141747 9
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London 181 2114843 7
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 285 14292972 8
Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo 258 22203072 7
Flag of France.svg 2024 Paris 255 25263889 5
Flag of the United States.svg 2028 Los Angeles Future event
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2032 Brisbane Future event
Total1,264135161172468 16

Winter Paralympics

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
Flag of Sweden.svg 1976 Örnsköldsvik did not participate
Flag of Norway.svg 1980 Geilo
Flag of Austria.svg 1984 Innsbruck
Flag of Austria.svg 1988 Innsbruck
Flag of France.svg 1992 Tignes-Albertville
Flag of Norway.svg 1994 Lillehammer
Flag of Japan.svg 1998 Nagano
Flag of the United States.svg 2002 Salt Lake City
Flag of Italy.svg 2006 Turin
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2010 Vancouver
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi 2 0000
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 PyeongChang 3 0000
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 6 0000
Flag of Italy.svg 2026 Milan-Cortina Future events
Flag of France.svg 2030 French Alps
Flag of the United States.svg 2034 Salt Lake City
Total110000

Medals by Sport 1960–2024

  Leading in that sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 598468211
Swimming pictogram (Paralympics).svg Swimming 474856151
Judo pictogram (Paralympics).svg Judo 9111333
Boccia pictogram (Paralympics).svg Boccia 61411
Football 5-a-side pictogram (Paralympics).svg Football 5-a-side 5016
Powerlifting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Powerlifting 3126
Paracanoe pictogram (Paralympics).svg Paracanoeing 2428
Taekwondo pictogram (Paralympics).svg Parataekwondo 2125
Goalball pictogram (Paralympics).svg Goalball 1135
Wheelchair fencing pictogram (Paralympics).svg Wheelchair fencing 1102
Table tennis pictogram (Paralympics).svg Table tennis 03912
Equestrian Dressage pictogram (Paralympics).svg Equestrian 0145
Football 7-a-side pictogram (Paralympics).svg Football 7-a-side 0123
Cycling (road) pictogram (Paralympics).svg Cycling 0112
Lawn bowls pictogram.svg Lawn bowls 0101
Triathlon pictogram (Paralympics).svg Paratriathlon 0101
Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting 0101
Rowing pictogram (Paralympics).svg Rowing 0022
Sitting volleyball pictogram (Paralympics).svg Volleyball 0022
Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg Badminton 0011
Totals (20 entries)135161172468
Source: [6]

Best results in non-medalling sports:

Summer
SportRankAthleteEvent & Year
Archery pictogram (Paralympics).svg Archery 4th Luciano Rezende Men's individual recurve open in 2016
Wheelchair basketball pictogram (Paralympics).svg Wheelchair basketball 5th Brazil men's team Men's tournament in 2016
Wheelchair rugby pictogram (Paralympics).svg Wheelchair rugby 8th Brazil mixed team Mixed tournament in 2016
Wheelchair tennis pictogram (Paralympics).svg Wheelchair tennis 4th Leandro Pena &
Ymanitu Silva
Quad doubles in 2024
Winter
SportRankAthleteEvent & Year
Alpine skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg Alpine skiing 28th André Pereira Men's snowboard cross in 2014
Biathlon - Paralympic pictogram.svg Biathlon Did not participate
Cross-country skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing 6th Cristian Ribera Men's 15 km sitting in 2018
Ice sledge hockey - Paralympic pictogram.svg Para ice hockey Did not participate
Snowboarding - Paralympic pictogram.svg Snowboarding 10th André Cintra Men's banked slalom SB-LL1 in 2018
Men's snowboard cross SB-LL1 in 2018
Wheelchair curling pictogram (Paralympics).svg Wheelchair curling Did not participate

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