Claudiney Batista dos Santos (born 13 November 1978) is a Brazilian

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competing in category F57/T57 throwing events. He won a silver medal in the

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at the 2012 Paralympics and a gold medal in the discus throw at the 2016 Rio Games.

Career history

Batista was born able bodied, but after a road accident in May 2005 part of his left leg needed to be amputated. While in hospital he was visited by para-athletic organisations offering sport as a way to help in his recovery. He refused to accept their invitation for over two years, before changing his mind. In 2011 he was part of the Brazilian team which entered into the

2011 Parapan American Games The 4th Parapan American Games took place from November 12 to 20 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Games are an international multi-sport event for athletes with a physical disability. The Games were held 20 days after the 2011 Pan American Games beg ...

. He entered the javelin and discus, both in the joint F57/58 class, winning the javelin and coming third in the discus. He followed this by being selected for the

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in London, entering all three throwing events in the F57/58 class. In the discus, he threw a distance of 45.90m, which did not convert to enough points to see him onto the podium, finishing instead at fourth place. In the shot put he finished seventh. His strongest event, the javelin, saw him record a distance of 45.38m, a new world record, only to see his rival, Iran's Mohammad Khalvandi, also throw a world record as a F58 athlete to snatch the gold from Batista dos Santos by 20 points. At the

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in Lyon, France, Batista dos Santos was again on the podium. He came third in the discus, taking bronze, and second in the javelin beaten again by Mohammad Khalvandi. He was one of the 54 paralympians cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021. Other athletes included

Rayane Soares Rayane Soares da Silva (born 20 January 1997) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events at international track and field competitions. She is a double World champion and double Parapan American Games champion, she also co ...

(T13, low vision), Beth Gomes (F52), Jerusa Geber Dos Santos (T11),

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(F57) and

Thiago Paulino Thiago Paulino dos Santos (born 29 December 1985) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete. Career He won the bronze medal in the men's shot put F57 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an in ...

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