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| Born | 9 July 1998 [1] Amora, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paratriathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | PTS5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Filipe Marques (born 9 July 1999) is a Portuguese paratriathlete. He represented Portugal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Marques made his international debut for Portugal at the 2021 European Triathlon Championships and won a bronze medal in the PTS5 event. [2] He again competed at the European Championships in 2022 and finished in fourth place with a time of 47:59, and won a silver medal in 2023 with a time of 55:18. [1] [3]
In September 2024, he represented Portugal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where he was the first person from Portugal to compete in the Paratriathlon at the Summer Paralympics. [4] He competed in the PTS5 event and finished in fourth place, finishing 40 seconds behind bronze medalist Martin Schulz. [5] [6] [7] Weeks later he then competed at the 2024 European Triathlon Championships and won a silver medal in the PTS5 event. [8] In October, he then competed at the 2024 World Triathlon Para Championships and won a bronze medal in the PTS5 event with a time of 1:00.43. [9] [10]
Felipe de Sousa Gomes, known as Felipe Gomes, is a Paralympic athlete from Brazil. He mainly competes in category T11 sprint events. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London he took the gold in the T11 200m sprint.
Cape Verde sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. This was the nations' fourth appearance at a Summer Paralympic Games since it made its debut at the 2004 Athens Summer Paralympics. Cape Verde was represented by two athletes in Rio de Janeiro: sprinter Gracelino Barbosa and javelin thrower Márcio Fernandes, who qualified for the Games by meeting the qualification standards of their events. Barbosa won the country's first Paralympic medal with his third-place finish in the men's 400 metres T20 competition and Fernandes came ninth in the F44 men's javelin event.
Cristina Gonçalves is a Portuguese boccia player. She has competed for her country at several Summer Paralympic Games and has won four medals, including two gold medals. She has cerebral palsy since contracting meningitis when she was 11 months old.
Edival Marques Quirino Pontes also known as Netinho is a Brazilian taekwondo athlete. He won the bronze medal in the 68 kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the silver medal in the men's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, and a gold medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, in the under 63 kg weight category.
Vasco de Paiva Vilaça is a Portuguese triathlete. He won the gold medal at the 2017 European Triathlon Championships on the Junior Men category and later on, a silver medal at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Rotterdam also on the Junior category.
Alessandro Rodrigo da Silva is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic athlete.
Edson Cavalcante Pinheiro is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete. He represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 metres T38 event in 2016. Além disso conquistou sete medalhas em quadro edições dos jogos Parapan-Americanos e quatro medalhas em campeonatos mundiais.
Érica Gomes is a Portuguese Paralympic athlete who competes in high jump, long jump and triple jump at international level events.
Edmilsa Governo is a Mozambican athlete, who won a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres T12 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She also won a gold medal in the 200 metres T12 event at the 2015 African Games, and a bronze medal in the 400 metres T12 event at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.
Jardênia Félix Barbosa da Silva, commonly known as Jardênia Félix, is a Brazilian para-athlete who competes in T20 events. She has represented Brazil in several national and international events, such as the Summer Paralympics, the World Para Athletics Championships, and the World Para Athletics Grand Prix, among others. Félix is part of the LGBTQ+ community.
Maria Odete Ferreira Fiúza is a Portuguese Paralympic athlete who competes in international elite events. She specialises in the marathon. She has competed at six Paralympic Games from 2000 to 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Beatriz Bezerra is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, she won silver medals in the 50-metre butterfly and 100-metre butterfly and a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. She is a five-time gold medalist and one-time silver medalist at the 2022 South American Youth Games.
Brazil competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.
Larissa Rodrigues is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer.
Fernando Manuel da Costa Ferreira is a Portuguese boccia player. He has competed for his country and won medals at several Summer Paralympics.
Joeferson Marinho de Oliveira, known as Joeferson Marinho, is a Brazilian paralympic athlete. He won the silver medal in the men's 100 m T12 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. He originally won the bronze medal in the event.
Alexandre Augusto Galgani is a Brazilian paralympic sport shooter. He won the silver medal in the mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Antônia Keyla da Silva Barros is a Brazilian T20 Paralympic middle distance runner who represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Tayana de Souza Medeiros is a Brazilian Paralympic powerlifter.
Jady Martins Malavazzi is a Brazilian para-cyclist. She has represented Brazil in competitions such as the 2011 Parapan American Games, and the 2016, 2020, 2024 Paralympic Games, as well as the Paracycling World Cup among other national and international competitions.
