Silvânia Costa de Oliveira
.jpg) Silvânia Costa de Oliveira in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 May 1987 (age 37) Três Lagoas, Brazil |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sport | Para athletics |
| Disability | Vision impairment |
| Disability class | T11 |
| Event | Long jump |
Silvânia Costa de Oliveira (born 23 May 1987) is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic athlete.[1][2] She represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the gold medal in the women's long jump T11 event.[2]
Her brother Ricardo Costa de Oliveira won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the men's long jump T11 event.[3]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Brazil
| |||||
| 2015 | Parapan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 1st | Long jump | |
| 2016 | Summer Paralympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Long jump | 4.98 |
References
- ^ "Silvânia Costa de Oliveira". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Silvania Costa de Oliveira". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ricardo Costa mantém tradição da família e dá 1º ouro do Brasil no salto em distância para cegos". BBC Brazil (in Portuguese). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
External links
- Silvânia Costa de Oliveira at the International Paralympic Committee
- Silvânia Costa de Oliveira at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
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- Brazilian female long jumpers
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- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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