Marcelo dos Santos (born 10 September 1972 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 from Brazil who competes in the BC4 category. He took up the sport at the 2016 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 ...

and Eliseu dos Santos.

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1972 births Living people Boccia players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Brazil Paralympic boccia players for Brazil People from Telêmaco Borba Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in boccia Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Sportspeople from Paraná (state) {{Brazil-Paralympic-medalist-stub