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Full name | Mariana Gesteira Ribeiro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 28 June 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mariana Gesteira Ribeiro (born 28 June 1995) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer. [1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, where she won the bronze medal in the 100 meter freestyle event in the S9 class. [2]
Ribeiro is part of the LGBTQ+ community. [3]
Ribeiro learned to swim at the age of ten. At 14, she was diagnosed with Arnold Chiari syndrome, a condition that affects the brain and nervous system. [4]