Luis Cardoso da Silva

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Luis Cardoso da Silva
Luis Carlos Cardoso em 2016.jpg
Personal information
Full nameLuis Carlos Cardoso da Silva
Born11 December 1984 (1984-12-11) (age 39)
Picos, Brazil
Sport
Sport Paracanoe
Disability class KL1, VL2
Medal record
Men's paracanoeing
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo KL1
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris KL1
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Moscow V–1 A
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Milan KL1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 MilanVL1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Duisburg VL1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Račice VL1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Szeged VL2
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Poznań V–1 A
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Montemor-o-Velho VL2
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Copenhagen KL1
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Dartmouth KL1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 Duisburg KL1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 Račice KL1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 Montemor-o-Velho KL1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Szeged KL1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Duisburg KL1

Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva (born 11 December 1984) is a Brazilian paracanoeist. He is a six-time world champion. [1]

Career

Silva won his fifth world championship in 2017 in the men's VL1 event, surpassing Fernando Fernandes de Pádua for the most by a Brazilian. [2]

Silva represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the men's KL1 event and finished in fourth place with a time 51.631. [3] He again represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the men's KL1 event and finished with a time of 48.031 and won a silver medal. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva". canoeicf.com. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. "Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  3. "Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva finds Rio redemption". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  4. "Canoe Sprint - CARDOSO da SILVA Luis Carlos". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021. Date of Birth: 11 Dec 1984, Place of birth: PICOS
  5. "Hungary's Peter Kiss seals first gold medal of the canoe sprint competition at Tokyo 2020". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.