Lucilene da Silva Sousa

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Silva and the second or paternal family name is Sousa.

Lucilene da Silva Sousa
Personal information
Born (2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 24)
São Miguel do Guamá, Pará, Brazil
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportPara swimming
DisabilityOptic nerve atrophy
Disability classS12
Medal record
Para swimming
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay 49pts
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay 49pts
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madeira Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay 49pts
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madeira Mixed 4x100m medley relay 49pts
Gold medal – first place 2023 Manchester Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 London Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay 49pts
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Madeira 50m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Manchester 100m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Manchester Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay S14
Parapan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 50m freestyle S12
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 100m freestyle S12
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 400m freestyle S12

Lucilene da Silva Sousa (born 5 April 2000) is a Brazilian para swimmer.[1]

Early life

Sousa is from São Miguel do Guamá, Pará.[1] She was born with optic nerve atrophy, which resulted in low vision.[1] Before swimming, she practiced goalball under the influence of her older brother, Josemárcio, and won the gold medal at the 2017 Youth Parapan American Games, held in São Paulo.[1]

Career

At the 2019 Parapan American Games, Sousa won the silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle class S13,[2] the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter freestyle.[3]

Sousa's debut at the World Para Swimming Championships took place in the 2019 edition, held in London, United Kingdom,[4] where she won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, 49 points, as part of a team also formed by Wendell Belarmino, Carolina Santiago and Carlos Farrenberg. They finished with a time of 3:53:17 and set a new record for the Americas.[5] Sousa herself also finished in 6th place in the 100m freestyle (S12) and 8th place in the 50m freestyle (S12).[6]

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, held between August and September 2021 in Tokyo, Sousa won the silver medal in the mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 49 points, having formed a team with Wendell Belarmino, Douglas Matera and Carolina Santiago. They recorded a time of 3:54:95.[7]

In June 2022, at the World Para Swimming Championships held in Madeira, Portugal, Sousa won bronze in the 50-metre freestyle class S12.[8] She secured gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay 49 points forming a team with Carolina Santiago, José Luíz Perdigão and Guilherme Batista, where they clocked a time of 4:33:30, just 22 hundredths ahead of the second-placed team, Spain.[9] In the 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle relay 49 points, she formed a team with Matheus Rheine, Douglas Matera and Carolina Santiago, and was, again, a gold medalist with a time of 3:54:26.[10] In addition, she finished 4th in the 100-metre butterfly, 5th in the 100-metre freestyle and 8th in the 100-metre butterfly S13.[11] In the 2023 edition of the world championship, held in Manchester, United Kingdom, Sousa won the bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 1:01:54.[12] She competed in the 4×100 freestyle mixed relay 49 points alongside Carolina Santiago, Matheus Rheine and Douglas Matera. They recorded a time of 3:56:03 and won gold.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Lucilene da Silva Sousa". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 5 April 2000. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Natação do Brasil tem duas dobradinhas no Parapan de Lima". Terra. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Para swimming – Athlete Profile: DA SILVA SOUSA Lucilene". Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Brasil dobra delegação feminina para o Mundial Paralímpico de Natação em Londres". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 6 September 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Brasil chega ao último dia do Mundial de natação, em Londres, com 15 medalhas". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 14 September 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Confira todos os resultados do Brasil no Mundial de Natação de Londres". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 16 September 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  7. ^ Magri, Diogo; Novaes, Marina (25 August 2021). "Medalhistas paralímpicos brasileiros: Os medalhistas do Brasil na Paralimpíada de Tóquio". El País Brasil. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Brasil conquista três ouros nesta terça-feira e supera campanha do Mundial 2019". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 14 June 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Após 13 medalhas em um só dia, Brasil alcança 3º lugar no quadro de medalhas na Ilha da Madeira". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  10. ^ "A um dia do fim do Mundial de natação paralímpica, estreantes do Brasil conquistaram mais da metade das medalhas do país na Ilha da Madeira". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 17 June 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Confira todos os resultados dos brasileiros no Mundial de natação na Ilha da Madeira 2022". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 18 June 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Carol Santiago é ouro pela 4ª vez e Cecília Araújo é tricampeã no Mundial de natação de Manchester". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Brasil conquista dois ouros e mantém média de campeões por dia no Mundial de natação de Manchester". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 5 August 2023. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.