Petrúcio Ferreira

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ferreira and the second or paternal family name is Santos.
Petrúcio Ferreira
Ferreira at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Full namePetrúcio Ferreira dos Santos
Born18 November 1996 (1996-11-18) (age 28)
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Disability classT45/46/47
EventSprint
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m T45/46/47
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100 m T47
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 100 m T47
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m T45/46/47
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m T42-47
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 100 m T47
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 100m T47
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 200m T47
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 100m T47
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 400m T47
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 100m T47

Petrúcio Ferreira dos Santos (born 18 November 1996) is a Paralympic sprinter from Brazil. He competed in three events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and won a gold or a silver medal in each of them. In the individual 100 m sprint he broke the world record both in the preliminaries and in the final.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016.


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