André Cintra

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André Cintra
snowboard / alpine skiing

Personal information
Full name: André Cintra Pereira
Type of disability (class): Leg amputation (SB-LL)
Nationality: BrazilBrazil Brazil
Birthday: March 22, 1979
Place of birth: São Paulo
Society: SF Ski Club Lake Tahoe
last change: March 10, 2014

André Cintra Pereira (born March 22, 1979 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian Paralympic snowboarder and disabled athlete .

Career

Cintra lost his left leg in an accident in 1997 at the age of 18. He started his active career in 2009 with wakeboarding in disabled sports competitions. Since January 2013 he has been competing in various Paralympic snowboard competitions for Brazil. and in the same year at the Nordic Disabled Ski World Championships in Sollefteå in April 2013, 18th among the 32 participating snowboarders.

In spring 2014 he was the first athlete in Brazilian Paralympic history to be appointed to the team for the Winter Paralympics in Sochi . He was next to the cross-country skier Fernando Aranha Rocha , the first participant for Brazil in the history of the association in disabled sports at the winter Paralympics. There he was the flag bearer at the opening on March 7, 2014 as part of the entry ceremony .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ André Cintra (Snowboard) - Esporte Essencial
  2. ^ Brazil - International Paralympic Committee (PDF).
  3. ↑ Amputado, snowboarder brasileiro estreia em provas internacionais
  4. ↑ Andre Cintra Pereira - Sochi 2014
  5. ↑ Brasil tem participação histórica no SnowboardCross ( Memento from March 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ André Cintra será o porta-bandeira do Brasil na Paralimpíada de Inverno
  7. ↑ Vozes de Sochi - André Cintra (Snowboard adaptado)
  8. ^ Andre Cintra será o porta-bandeira do Brasil em Sochi
  9. ^ Sochi 2014: Brazil hoping for Winter Games debut
  10. ^ Three countries to make Winter Paralympic debuts IPC
  11. ^ André Cintra leva a bandeira do Brasil na abertura dos Jogos Paralímpicos
  12. ↑ Paralimpiadas de Inverno 2014 - André Cintra e Fernando Aranha serão os primeiros atletas da história a representar o Brasil nos Jogos Paralímpicos de Inverno que serão disputados em Sochi, na Rússia . portalbraganca.com.br. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved on February 16, 2014.
  13. ↑ Brazil: Eight facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics
personal data
SURNAME Cintra, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cintra Pereira, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian snowboarder
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo , Brazil