Edneusa Dorta

Edneusa Dorta

Dorta (left) at 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta
Born	28 July 1976 (1976-07-28) (age 49) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Para athletics
Disability	Visual impairment
Disability class	T12
Event	Marathon
Medal record Women's para athletics Representing   Brazil Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Marathon T12 World Para Marathon Championships 2019 London Marathon T12

Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta (born 28 July 1976) is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic athlete. ^{[1] [2]} She represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the bronze medal in the women's marathon T12 event. ^{[1] [2]} She qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in women's marathon T12 ^[3] and she was one of the ten competitors.

In 2019, she won the silver medal in the event for visually impaired athletes at the World Para Athletics Marathon Championships. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
2. "Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016.
3. JA (26 July 2021). "EDNEUSA, De Campo Limpo às Paralimpíadas em Tóquio". Jornal Jundiaí Agora | Nada mais que a verdade | Notícias Jundiaí e Região, Jornal Jundiaí Agora, Jundiaí Notícias, Atualidades Jundiaí (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
4. Francis, Anne (28 April 2019). "Chentouf sets visually impaired marathon world record at WPA Marathon Championships". Running Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
5. "Manuela Schaer makes it spectacular six in London". paralympic.org. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

External links

Media related to Edneusa Dorta at Wikimedia Commons

• Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta at the International Paralympic Committee
• Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Edneusa de Jesus Santos at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link, alternate link 2)
• Edneusa de Jesus Santos at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)