Eliseu dos Santos (born 15 November 1976 in
Telêmaco Borba
Telêmaco Borba is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.
Telêmaco Borba is known as the "capital of paper" (Capital do Papel) and "capital of wood" (Capital da Madeira) due to the importance of paper and wood ...
) is a 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 of Brazil who competes in the
BC4 category. He took up the sport in 2005. At the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics he won individual bronze medals and shared gold medals in pairs with
Dirceu Pinto
Dirceu José Pinto (10 September 1980 – 1 April 2020) was a Brazilian Paralympic boccia player with muscular dystrophy. He won individual and pairs gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics in the BC4 category. At the 2016 Olympics he placed ...
. At the 2016 Paralympics he won a silver medal in the mixed pairs.
Eliseu dos Santos
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1976 births
Living people
Boccia players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Boccia players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Boccia players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for Brazil
Paralympic silver medalists for Brazil
Paralympic bronze medalists for Brazil
Paralympic boccia players for Brazil
People from Telêmaco Borba
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in boccia
Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
Boccia players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Sportspeople from Paraná (state)
21st-century Brazilian people
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