Summer Paralympics 2008 / Participant (Brazil)

BRA

16	14th	17th

Brazil took 199 athletes at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.

The Brazilian athletes recorded a total of 47 medals, of which 16 were gold, 14 silver and 17 bronze medals. The flag bearer when the team moved in was the judoka Antonio Tenorio Silva .

Participants by sport

Boccia

• Single BC4
  • Dirceu Pinto (gold )
  • Eliseu Santos (bronze )
• Double BC4 (gold )
  • Dirceu Pinto
  • Eliseu Santos

Goalball

• Men
  • Alexsander Celente
  • Romario Marques
  • Thiago Costa
  • Legy Freire
  • Paulo Homem
  • Luiz Silva Filho
• Women
  • Claudia Amorim
  • Neuzimar Santos
  • Luana Silva
  • Simone Silva
  • Adriana Lino
  • Ana Carolina Custodio

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of flag bearers ( Memento from March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)
2. ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)