Elizabeth Rodrigues Gomes
Appearance
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Country | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | F53 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Elizabeth Rodrigues Gomes (born January 15, 1965) is a Brazilian paralympic athlete, who competes in the F52 class. She won the gold medal in the women's discus throw F53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
Career
Elizabeth competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games as an athlete of wheelchair basketball.
She is coached by Rosi Farias at club level,[2] and Amaury Wagner Verissimo at national team level.
She competed at the 2015 Parapan American Games, 2019 Parapan American Games,[3][4][5] and 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.[6]
References
- ^ Houston, Michael (August 30, 2021). "Streng seals gold as photo finish needed in dramatic men's T64 100m Paralympic final". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ "Elizabeth Gomes - Athletics, Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "Para athletics | Broken Records - ParaPan American Games Lima 2019". September 21, 2019. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "Brazil dominate in athletics at Lima 2019 Parapan American Games". www.insidethegames.biz. August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "Turner breaks second world record at World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai". www.insidethegames.biz. November 14, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "Dubai 2019 - Schedule & Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
Categories:
- 1965 births
- 21st-century Brazilian women
- Living people
- Brazilian female discus throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic athletes for Brazil
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
- Brazilian athletics biography stubs