Personal information | |
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Full name | Bruno Becker da Silva |
Born | Curitiba, Brazil | 17 November 1990
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Paralympic swimming |
Disability | Phocomelia |
Disability class | S2 |
Medal record |
Bruno Becker da Silva (born 17 November 1990) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer who competes at international swimming competitions, he was born without his right arm and his legs are impaired. He is a triple Parapan American Games bronze medalist in freestyle swimming. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and became the first athlete from Rio do Sul to win a medal at the Parapan American Games and compete at the Paralympic Games. [1] [2]
Becker began training to swim after his younger brother Marcelo drowned in a waterfall in Atalanta at the age of thirteen. Bruno described his brother as an inspiration, motivating and "would be his right arm" which Bruno was born without. [3] [4]
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