José Armando Sayovo (born 3 March 1973) is an

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n Paralympic

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athlete. He was the first person to win a

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medal for the Republic of Angola after he won three gold medals, in the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints, at the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games in

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. He represented Angola again at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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, and was his country's

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during the Games'

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. He won three silver medals, in the men's 100m, 200m and 400m sprints. At the age of 39, he won a bronze medal in the 200m and won a gold medal in the 400m at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

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Winning of gold medal in London Paralympics marks 2012
Agencia AngolaPress, December 26, 2012

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Living people 1973 births Angolan male sprinters Visually impaired sprinters Paralympic athletes for Angola Paralympic gold medalists for Angola Paralympic silver medalists for Angola Paralympic bronze medalists for Angola Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics African Games silver medalists for Angola African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Angolan blind people {{Paralympic-medalist-stub