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| Full name | Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1984 (age 39) Picos, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paracanoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | KL1, VL2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva (born 11 December 1984) is a Brazilian paracanoeist. He is a six-time world champion. [1]
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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Date of Birth: 11 Dec 1984, Place of birth: PICOS
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