Lucas Prado
 Lucas Prado at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 27, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lucas Prado (born May 27, 1985 in Mato Grosso) is a visually impaired Brazilian athlete. He lost 90% of his vision in 2003 due to retinal detachment. He was introduced to track by friend and Paralympian Terezinha Guilhermina.[1]
He won three gold medals in track for Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, setting a world record,[2][3] and won two silver medals running 100m and 400m during the London 2012 Paralympic Games.[4]
References
- ^ "Prado, Lucas". IPC. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ Xinhua
- ^ Brazilian site (In Portuguese)
- ^ BBC Sport - Paralympic results
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