Marivana Oliveira

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Marivana Oliveira
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Oliveira in 2021
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CountryBrazil
Sport Para-athletics
Disability Cerebral palsy
Disability class F35
Events

Marivana Oliveira is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. [1] She won the silver medal in the women's shot put F35 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also represented Brazil at the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, United Kingdom and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1] She won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F35 event in 2016. [1] [2]

She won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F35 event at the World Para Athletics Championships both in 2015 and in 2019.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Marivana Oliveira". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. Morgan, Liam (15 September 2016). "McFadden and Van Rhijn star as Hug finally gets hands on Paralympic gold at Rio 2016". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 February 2020.