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Full name | Zileide Cassiano da Silva | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil | 6 February 1998||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Zileide Cassiano da Silva (born 6 February 1998) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete who competes in international track and field competitions, she is a World champion in the long jump. She is a multiple regional and national champion in sprinting events, long jump and triple jump, she is a former hurdler. She has qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Cassiano had been training with non-disabled athletes before she was diagnosed with an intellectual disability in 2021. She is named after Brazilian journalist Zileide Silva inspired by her father. [5]