Edneusa Dorta

Edneusa Dorta
Dorta (left) at 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameEdneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta
Born28 July 1976 (1976-07-28) (age 48)
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportPara athletics
DisabilityVisual impairment
Disability classT12
EventMarathon
Medal record
Women's para athletics
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Marathon T12
World Para Marathon Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 London Marathon T12

Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta (born 28 July 1976) is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic athlete.[1][2] She represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the bronze medal in the women's marathon T12 event.[1][2] She qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in women's marathon T12[3] and she was one of the ten competitors.

In 2019, she won the silver medal in the event for visually impaired athletes at the World Para Athletics Marathon Championships.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016.
  3. ^ JA (26 July 2021). "EDNEUSA, De Campo Limpo às Paralimpíadas em Tóquio". Jornal Jundiaí Agora | Nada mais que a verdade | Notícias Jundiaí e Região, Jornal Jundiaí Agora, Jundiaí Notícias, Atualidades Jundiaí (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ Francis, Anne (28 April 2019). "Chentouf sets visually impaired marathon world record at WPA Marathon Championships". Running Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Manuela Schaer makes it spectacular six in London". paralympic.org. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

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