Patrícia Pereira
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Patrícia Pereira dos Santos |
Born | Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais | 11 December 1977
Sport | |
Country | Brazil |
Sport | Paralympic swimming |
Disability class | S4 |
Club | AA Ferroviária |
Medal record |
Patrícia Pereira dos Santos (born 11 December 1977) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international events.
Career
[edit]She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the Mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay 20pts.[1][2]
Personal life
[edit]In 2002, she was shot in the neck during a robbery at her workplace. Her injuries resulted in quadriplegia.[3]
She is part of the LGBTQ+ community.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming: PEREIRA dos SANTOS, Patricia". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Patrícia Pereira dos Santos". Comite Paralimpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Patricia Pereira dos Santos". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Out LGBTQ Paralympians at the 2024 Paris Summer Games". OutSports. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Patricia Pereira dos Santos at the International Paralympic Committee
- Patricia Pereira dos Santos at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Shooting survivors
- Brazilian female freestyle swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers for Brazil
- Swimmers at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Paralympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Brazilian female breaststroke swimmers
- S4-classified para swimmers
- Brazilian people with disabilities
- 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen
- People from Coronel Fabriciano
- Brazilian swimming biography stubs