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Angolan Paralympic athlete
José Sayovo
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Angola
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 400 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 200 m
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Maputo 400m T11

José Armando Sayovo (born 3 March 1973) is an Angolan Paralympic track and field athlete.

He was the first person to win a Paralympic medal for the Republic of Angola after he won three gold medals, in the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints, at the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games in Athens.

He represented Angola again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and was his country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony. He won three silver medals, in the men's 100m, 200m and 400m sprints.

At the age of 39, he won a bronze medal in the 200m and won a gold medal in the 400m at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London

Notes

  1. Angola at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
  2. "Le Secrétaire général du comité paralympique angolais à Pékin", Agencia AngolaPress, August 21, 2008
  3. Official list of flagbearers Archived 2008-09-09 at the Wayback Machine on the website of the International Paralympic Committee
  4. List of medallists for Angola Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the 2008 Paralympics
  5. " Sayovo wins bronze in London2012 Paralympics Games", Agencia AngolaPress, September 5, 2012
  6. " Winning of gold medal in London Paralympics marks 2012, Agencia AngolaPress, December 26, 2012


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