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| Full name | Bruno Becker da Silva | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 34) Curitiba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Phocomelia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bruno Becker da Silva (born 17 November 1990) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer who competes at international swimming competitions, he was born without his right arm and his legs are impaired. He is a triple Parapan American Games bronze medalist in freestyle swimming. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and became the first athlete from Rio do Sul to win a medal at the Parapan American Games and compete at the Paralympic Games.
Inspiration
Becker began training to swim after his younger brother Marcelo drowned in a waterfall in Atalanta at the age of thirteen. Bruno described his brother as an inspiration, motivating and "would be his right arm" which Bruno was born without.
References
- "Bruno Becker - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 17 June 2022.
- "Bruno Becker became the first athlete from Rio do Sul to win medal at the Parapan American Games (in Portuguese)". Vale do Itajai Noticias. 31 December 2020.
- "SC parathlete began swimming to overcome family trauma and ended up in the Paralympics (in Portuguese)". ndmais.com. 21 August 2021.
- "Sonho Olimpico (in Portuguese)". clicrbs.com. 17 June 2022.
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Curitiba
- Paralympic swimmers for Brazil
- Brazilian male freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- S2-classified para swimmers
- People from Rio do Sul
- Sportspeople from Santa Catarina (state)
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen