Silvânia Costa de Oliveira in 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 23 May 1987 (1987-05-23) (age 37) Três Lagoas, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Disability | Vision impairment | |||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T11 | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Long jump | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Silvânia Costa de Oliveira (born 23 May 1987) is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic athlete. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Summer Paralympics. She won the gold medal in the women's long jump T11 event both at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Her brother Ricardo Costa de Oliveira won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the men's long jump T11 event.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Brazil | |||||
2015 | Parapan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 1st | Long jump | |
2016 | Summer Paralympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Long jump | 4.98 |
2021 | Summer Paralympics | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Long jump | 5.00 |
References
- "Silvânia Costa de Oliveira". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016.
- "Silvania Costa de Oliveira". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- "Tlili claims fourth shot put gold on opening day". Paralympic.org. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- "Women's long jump T11 Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- "Ricardo Costa mantém tradição da família e dá 1º ouro do Brasil no salto em distância para cegos". BBC Brazil (in Portuguese). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
External links
- Silvânia Costa de Oliveira at the International Paralympic Committee
- Silvânia Costa de Oliveira at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
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