Firmino Baptista is a paralympic

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from Portugal competing mainly in category T11 sprint events. Baptista competed in his first Paralympics in

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where he ran in the 100m and 200m, winning a silver medal in the 200m. He also competed in the following two Paralympics in

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and

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but despite competing in the 100m, 200m and the 4 × 100 m was unable to win any further medals. profile on paralympic.org
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