Marcos Silva is a Brazilian

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Biography

Silva is a Paralympic footballer who won

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for being a participant at the

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and was awarded

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for

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

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. In

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he scored a goal for his team in

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where his country played against the

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on September 8, 2008. He also participated at BT Paralympic World Cup Wheelchair Basketball event at the

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on May 24, 2011, in

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* 20th-century births Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Paralympic 7-a-side footballers for Brazil Paralympic silver medalists for Brazil Paralympic bronze medalists for Brazil Paralympic medalists in football 7-a-side 7-a-side footballers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics 7-a-side footballers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics 7-a-side footballers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-footy-bio-stub