Elizabeth Rodrigues Gomes

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rodriguesand the second or paternal family name is Gomes.

Elizabeth Gomes

Rodrigues Gomes in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Elizabeth Rodrigues Gomes
Born	15 January 1965 (1965-01-15) (age 60) Santos, Brazil
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Wheelchair basketball Para-athletics
Disability class	F53
Events	Discus throw Javelin throw Shot put
Medal record Women's para-athletics Representing   Brazil Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Discus throw F53 2024 Paris Discus throw F53 2024 Paris Shot put F54 World Championships 2023 Paris Shot put F54 2024 Kobe Discus throw F53 2024 Kobe Shot put F54 Parapan American Games 2023 Santiago Javelin throw F54

Elizabeth Rodrigues Gomes (born 15 January 1965) is a Brazilian paralympic athlete, who competes in the F52 class. She won the gold medal in the women's discus throw F53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. ^[1]

Career

Rodrigues Gomes competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games as an athlete in wheelchair basketball.

She is coached by Rosi Farias at the club level, ^[2] and Amaury Wagner Verissimo at the national team level.

She competed in the 2015 Parapan American Games, 2019 Parapan American Games, ^{[3] [4] [5]} and 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. ^[6]

References

1. Houston, Michael (30 August 2021). "Streng seals gold as photo finish needed in dramatic men's T64 100m Paralympic final". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 3 September 2021.
2. "Elizabeth Gomes - Athletics, Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
3. "Para athletics | Broken Records - ParaPan American Games Lima 2019". 21 September 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
4. "Brazil dominate in athletics at Lima 2019 Parapan American Games". www.insidethegames.biz. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
5. "Turner breaks second world record at World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai". www.insidethegames.biz. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
6. "Dubai 2019 - Schedule & Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

External links

• Elizabeth Gomes at the International Paralympic Committee
• Elizabeth Rodrigues Gomes at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link, alternate link 2)
• Elizabeth Rodrigues Gomes at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)