Daniel Tavares Martins (born 12 March 1996) is a Brazilian

Paralympic athlete The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports and disciplines and about ...

who competes in

sprinting Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that incorporate running, typically as a way of quickly reaching a target or goal, or avoiding or catching an op ...

events at international elite events.

Career

He represented Brazil 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 ...

and won a gold medal in the 400 metres T20 event. He is also a three-time gold medal winner at the

World Para Athletics Championships The World Para Athletics Championships, known as the IPC Athletics World Championships prior to 2017, are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It ...

, and a Parapan American Games champion in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

T20. He was the first Brazilian Paralympic athlete to do so in the T20 classification. After winning his gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, a school in Ricardo de Albuquerque in the northern part of

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

was named in honour of him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martins, Daniel 1996 births Living people Brazilian male sprinters Paralympic athletes for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Parapan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships World Para Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Sportspeople from Marília People with epilepsy 21st-century Brazilian people