Clodoaldo Silva (born 1 February 1979) is a
Brazilian Paralympic
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swimmer
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. He competed at the
2000 Summer Paralympics
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in
Sydney
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, winning three silver medals and one bronze. He competed again at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
)
, nations = 136
, athletes = 3,806
, events = 519 in 19 sports
, opening = 17 September
, closing = 28 September
, opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos
, cauldron = Georgios Toptsis
, stadium = Olympic ...
in
Athens
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, where he set four world records, five Paralympic records, and won six gold medals and one silver.
["Paralympic Sport Awards Winners – 2005"](_blank)
, International Paralympic Committee He also represented Brazil at the
2008
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,
2012
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and
2016 Paralympics,
[Clodoaldo Silva]
. rio2016.com and lit the Paralympic cauldron at the
2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on the evening of 7 September 2016 at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, starting at 18:30 BRT (21:30 UTC).
Preparations
The theme of the ceremony was "Todo Mundo tem um Coraà ...
.
In 2005, he was given the Best Male Athlete award by the
International Paralympic Committee
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, the Best Female Athlete award going to Japan's
Mayumi Narita
is a Japanese swimmer, described as "one of the world’s best Paralympic athletes" by the International Paralympic Committee. ''Japan Today'' has described her as a "swimming sensation perhaps as great as the Thorpedo but whose name few know". ...
.
Silva has
cerebral palsy
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,
and took up swimming in 1996 as part of his rehabilitation. He is married and has a daughter Anita.
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At the ]2016 Summer Paralympics
)
, nations = 159
, athletes = 4,342
, opening = 7 September
, closing = 18 September
, opened_by = President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva
, events = 528 in 22 sports
, stadium = Maracanã
, sum ...
he took a silver medal in the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay. His teammates were Daniel Dias
Daniel de Faria Dias (born 24 May 1988) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer. Having learnt to swim in 2004 after being inspired by Clodoaldo Silva at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, he entered his first international competition two years later winni ...
, Edenia Garcia, Susana Ribeiro, Talisson Glock, Maiara Regina Perreira Barreto, Joana Maria Silva and Patricia Pereira dos Santos.Maria Joana Silva
Rio2016, Retrieved 20 September 2016 Silva was also the final torchbearer and lit the cauldron during the opening ceremony.
References
Living people
Paralympic swimmers of Brazil
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for Brazil
Paralympic silver medalists for Brazil
Paralympic bronze medalists for Brazil
1979 births
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
People from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
Paralympic Sport Awards — Best Male winners
Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
Paralympic medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 2003 Parapan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
Brazilian male freestyle swimmers
Brazilian male medley swimmers
S5-classified Paralympic swimmers
Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Norte
20th-century Brazilian people
21st-century Brazilian people
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