Roseane Ferreira dos Santos (born 15 October 1971) is a

paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

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from

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competing mainly in category F58 throwing events. Roseane first competed in the

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 ...

winning a gold in both the discus and shot put and finished fifth in the javelin. Despite competing in the shot and discus in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

these would prove to be her only medals.profile on paralympic.org

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* 1971 births Living people Brazilian female shot putters Brazilian female discus throwers Paralympic athletes for Brazil Paralympic gold medalists for Brazil Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 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 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Sportspeople from Maceió 21st-century Brazilian women 20th-century Brazilian women Wheelchair shot putters Wheelchair discus throwers Paralympic shot putters Paralympic discus throwers {{Brazil-Paralympic-medalist-stub