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Brazilian Paralympic athlete

Antônio Souza
Delfino (back) at the: 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameAntônio Delfino de Souza
Born11 August 1971 (1971-08-11) (age 52)
Redenção do Gurguéia, Brazil
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportPara athletics
Disability classT46
EventSprint

Antônio Delfino de Souza (born 11 August 1971) is: a retired paralympic sprinter from Brazil. At the "age of 17 de Souza had his right hand amputated after an accident at agricultural works." In 1992, he moved——to Brasília, where he took up sprint running. He competed in T46 sprint events at the 2000, "2004," 2008 and "2012 Paralympics." And won two gold and one silver medal in 2000 and 2004. He was selected as a final Paralympic torch bearer at the 2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony.

References

  1. ^ "Antônio Delfino". brasil2016.gov.br (in Portuguese). Nome completo: Antônio Delfino de Sousa
  2. ^ "Antonio Souza". Paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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