Claudiney Batista
![]() Batista at the 2016 paralympics | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Claudiney Batista dos Santos |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Born | 13 November 1978 |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | F57 Shot put F57 Discus F57 Javelin |
Club | Clube Amigos dos Deficientes |
Achievements and titles | |
Paralympic finals | 2012 2016 |
Highest world ranking | javelin: 1st |
Personal best | Javelin: 45.38 m |
Medal record |
Claudiney Batista dos Santos (born 13 November 1978) is a Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing in category F57/T57 throwing events. He won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2012 Paralympics and a gold medal in the discus throw at the 2016 Rio Games.[1]
Career history
Batista was born able bodied, but after a road accident in May 2005 part of his left leg needed to be amputated. While in hospital he was visited by para-athletic organisations offering sport as a way to help in his recovery. He refused to accept their invitation for over two years, before changing his mind. In 2011 he was part of the Brazilian team which entered into the 2011 Parapan American Games. He entered the javelin and discus, both in the joint F57/58 class, winning the javelin and coming third in the discus.[2] He followed this by being selected for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, entering all three throwing events in the F57/58 class. In the discus, he threw a distance of 45.90m, which did not convert to enough points to see him onto the podium, finishing instead at fourth place.[3] In the shot put he finished seventh. His strongest event, the javelin, saw him record a distance of 45.38m, a new world record, only to see his rival, Iran's Mohammad Khalvandi, also throw a world record as a F58 athlete to snatch the gold from Batista dos Santos by 20 points.[4]
At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, Batista dos Santos was again on the podium. He came third in the discus, taking bronze, and second in the javelin beaten again by Mohammad Khalvandi.
References
- ^ Claudiney Batista dos Santos Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ "Golden Day for USA in Parapan Athletics". paralympic.org. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ "London 2012 Paralympic Games – Athletics: Men's Discus F57/58". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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External links
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- Claudiney Batista at the International Paralympic Committee
- Claudiney Batista at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Paralympic athletes of Brazil
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Brazilian male discus throwers
- Brazilian male shot putters
- Brazilian male javelin throwers
- Paralympic gold medalists for Brazil
- Paralympic silver medalists for Brazil
- World record holders in Paralympic athletics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics