Thiago Paulino dos Santos (born 29 December 1985) is a Brazilian

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Career

He won the bronze medal in the men's shot put F57 event at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. At the time, he won the gold medal with a throw of 15.10 metres but after some of his throws were ruled invalid, he dropped to third place.

References

Living people 1985 births Athletes from São Paulo (state) Brazilian male discus throwers Brazilian male shot putters Paralympic athletes for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Parapan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Brazil Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games 21st-century Brazilian people People from Orlândia {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub