Alessandro Rodrigo Silva
Appearance
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Country | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para-athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Vision impairment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | F11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Alessandro Rodrigo da Silva is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic athlete.[1] He represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11 event.[1][2] He also competed in the men's shot put F12 event where he finished in 10th place.[1]
At the 2017 World Championships he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11 event. Two years later at the 2019 World Championships he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11 event and the bronze medal in the men's shot put F11 event.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b c "Alessandro Rodrigo Silva". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Britain's Jonathan Broom-Edwards secures high jump silver in Rio". Athletics Weekly. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Dubai 2019 Results | Event Overview - Men's discus throw F11". paralympic.org. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Dubai 2019 Results | Event Overview – Men's shot put F11". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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External links
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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- Paralympic athletes with a vision impairment
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- Brazilian male shot putters
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
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