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Daniel Martins (athlete)

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Daniel Martins
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Tavares Martins
Born (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 28)
Marília, Brazil
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportPara-athletics
Disability classT20
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400m T20
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Doha 400m T20
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 400m T20
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai 400m T20
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 400m T20

Daniel Tavares Martins (born 12 March 1996) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events at international elite events. He is a Paralympic champion, triple World champion and a Parapan American Games champion in the 400 metres T20 and he was the first Brazilian Paralympic athlete to do so in the T20 classification.[1][2]

After winning his gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, a school in Ricardo de Albuquerque in the northern part of Rio de Janeiro was named in honour of him.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Daniel Martins wins the three-time world championship in the 400m (in Portuguese)". Agencia Olimpica. 10 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28.
  2. ^ "Daniel Martins - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 28 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Three Rio schools named after Brazilian Paralympians". inside the games. 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-05.
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