 Eliseu dos Santos at the 2016 Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 November 1976 (age 47) Telêmaco Borba |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boccia |
| Disability class | BC4 |
Eliseu dos Santos (born 15 November 1976) is a Paralympic boccia player of Brazil who competes in the BC4 category. He took up the sport in 2005. At the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics he won individual bronze medals and shared gold medals in pairs with Dirceu Pinto. [1] [2] At the 2016 Paralympics he won a silver medal in the mixed pairs. [3]
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