Odair Santos
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Event | middle distance events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Centro de Treinamento Limeira Paralímpico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Amaury Verissimo (national) Fabio Breda (personal) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paralympic finals | 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2012 Rio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Odair Santos (born 17 May 1981) is a visually impaired
Athletics career
Santos first represented Brazil at a Paralympic Games when he competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a silver medal in the men's 5000 metres – T12 event, a silver medal in the men's 1500 metres – T13 event, a bronze medal in the men's 800 metres – T12 event and finished fourth in the men's 4 × 100 metre relay – T11–13 event. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a bronze medal in the men's 800 metres – T12 event, a bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres – T13 event and a bronze medal in the men's 10,000 metres – T12 event. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won silver in the Men's 1500 metres – T11 event.
In the buildup to the
He holds the 800 m world record for T11 (totally blind) athletes.[3]
References
- ^ "Santos, Odair". Paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (26 October 2015). "Heartbreak for Brazilian after dramatic finish at IPC Athletics World Championships". insidethegames.biz. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "IPC Athletics Records". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
External links
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- Odair Santos at the International Paralympic Committee
- Odair Santos at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)