Peterson Rosa is a Brazilian

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Biography

Rosa is a Paralympic footballer who won

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for being a participant at

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

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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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* 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 Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-footy-bio-stub