Dirceu José Pinto (10 September 1980 – 1 April 2020) was a Brazilian Paralympic

boccia Boccia ( ) is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – '. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes ...

player with

muscular dystrophy Muscular dystrophies (MD) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare neuromuscular diseases that cause progressive weakness and breakdown of skeletal muscles over time. The disorders differ as to which muscles are primarily affe ...

. He won individual and pairs gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics in the BC4 category. At the 2016 Olympics he placed second in the mixed pairs. He died from a

congestive cardiac failure Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, an ...

on April 1, 2020, at the age of 39.Aos 39 anos, morre Dirceu Pinto, dono de quatro ouros paralímpicos na bocha
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* 1980 births 2020 deaths Boccia players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic boccia players for Brazil Paralympic gold medalists for Brazil Paralympic silver medalists for Brazil People with muscular dystrophy Sportspeople from Mogi das Cruzes Paralympic medalists in boccia Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games 20th-century Brazilian people 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-Paralympic-medalist-stub