Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva (born 11 December 1984) is a Brazilian paracanoeist. He is a six-time

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Career

Silva won his fifth world championship in

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in the men's VL1 event, surpassing

Fernando Fernandes de Pádua Fernando Fernandes de Pádua is a Brazilian paracanoeist and fashion model who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 200 m A event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań and one year later at the 2 ...

for the most by a Brazilian. Silva represented Brazil at the

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in the men's KL1 event and finished in fourth place with a time 51.631. He again represented Brazil at the

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in the men's KL1 event and finished with a time of 48.031 and won a silver medal.

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