Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta (born 28 July 1976) is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic athlete. She 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 ...

held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the bronze medal in the women's marathon T12 event. She qualified for the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

, in women's marathon T12 and she was one of the ten competitors. In 2019, she won the silver medal in the event for visually impaired athletes at the World Para Athletics Marathon Championships.

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* 1976 births Living people People from Rio Claro, São Paulo Paralympic athletes for Brazil Paralympic athletes (track and field) with a vision impairment Paralympic bronze medalists for Brazil Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Brazilian female marathon runners Athletes from São Paulo (state) 20th-century Brazilian women 21st-century Brazilian women Brazilian blind people {{Brazil-Paralympic-medalist-stub