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| Full name | João Paulo dos Santos Fernandes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Portuguese | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1984-08-11) 11 August 1984 (age 40) Vale de Cambra | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boccia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Individual BC1 Team BC1/BC2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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João Paulo dos Santos Fernandes (born 11 August 1984) is a Portuguese boccia player and three-time Paralympic champion.
He took two gold medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, and one gold and one silver at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
Notes
- This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is Fernandes.
References
- ^ "Joao Paulo Fernandes". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
External links
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Paralympic boccia players for Portugal
- Paralympic gold medalists for Portugal
- Paralympic silver medalists for Portugal
- Paralympic medalists in boccia
- Boccia players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Boccia players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Sportspeople from Aveiro District
- European Paralympic medalist stubs
- Portuguese sportspeople stubs