Miguel Monteiro (athlete)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Portuguese |
Born | Viseu, Portugal | 23 December 2000
Sport | |
Country | Portugal |
Sport | Para-athletics |
Disability | Achondroplasia |
Disability class | F40 |
Event | Shot put |
Club | Casa do Povo de Mangualde |
Turned pro | 2016 |
Coached by | Joao Amaral Mendes |
Miguel Monteiro (born 23 December 2000) is a Portuguese Para-athlete specializing in shot put. He represented Portugal at the Paralympic Games.[1]
Career
[edit]Monteiro represented Portugal in the shot put F40 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal.[2]
He qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics by winning a bronze medal in the shot put F40 event.[3] At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the shot put F40 event.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Miguel Monteiro". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Miguel Monteiro". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "UAveiro student is the first Portuguese to qualify for the 2024 Paralympic Games". University of Aveiro. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Gold medal for Miguel Monteiro at the Paris Paralympics". University of Aveiro. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Viseu
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Portugal
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Portugal
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Portuguese male shot putters
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- European Paralympic medalist stubs
- Portuguese sportspeople stubs