Thiago Paulino dos Santos
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| Full name | Thiago Paulino dos Santos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 December 1985 Orlândia, São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Thiago Paulino dos Santos (born 29 December 1985)[1] is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete. He is a two-time medalist at the Paralympic Games.
Career
[edit]He won the bronze medal in the men's shot put F57 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the time, he won the gold medal with a throw of 15.10 metres but after some of his throws were ruled invalid, he dropped to third place.[2][3]
He earned Parapan American Games gold medals in the shot put F57 events at Toronto 2015, Lima 2019,[4] and Santiago 2023.
References
[edit]- ^ "Thiago Paulino dos Santos". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (3 September 2021). "US capture first-ever universal relay Paralympic gold at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Brazilian Shot-putter protests on podium after losing gold medal". The Bridge. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Barros, Breno (25 August 2019). "Thiago Paulino quebra recorde mundial pela terceira vez e leva ouro no Parapan" [Thiago Paulino breaks world record for the third time and takes gold at the Parapan]. Rede do Esporte (in Portuguese).
External links
[edit]- Thiago Paulino dos Santos at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
- Thiago Paulino dos Santos at the International Paralympic Committee
- Thiago Paulino at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)
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