Petrúcio Ferreira

Brazilian Paralympic sprinter

Petrúcio Ferreira
Ferreira at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Full namePetrúcio Ferreira dos Santos
Born18 November 1996 (1996-11-18) (age 27)
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 47
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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petrúcio Ferreira.
  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.

External links


  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This biographical article relating to Brazilian athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e