Alessandro Rodrigo Silva

Alessandro Rodrigo Silva

Alessandro Rodrigo Silva in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Alessandro Rodrigo da Silva
Nickname	Gigante
Born	(1984-08-28) 28 August 1984 (age 40) Santo André, Brazil
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Para athletics
Disability	Toxoplasmosis
Disability class	F11, F12
Events	Discus throw Shot put
Medal record Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw F11 2020 Tokyo Discus throw F11 2020 Tokyo Shot put F11 World Championships 2017 London Discus throw F11 2019 Dubai Discus throw F11 2023 Paris Discus throw F11 2019 Dubai Shot put F11 Parapan American Games 2015 Toronto Discus throw F11 2015 Toronto Shot put F11/12 2019 Lima Discus throw F11 2019 Lima Shot put F11 2023 Santiago Discus throw F11

Alessandro Rodrigo da Silva (born 28 August 1984) is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic athlete.^[1]

Career

He represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the gold medal in the discus throw F11 event.^[1][2][3] He also competed in the shot put F12 event where he finished in 10th place.^[1][4]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships he won the gold medal in the discus throw F11 event. At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships he won the gold medal in the discus throw F11 event and the bronze medal in the shot put F11 event.^[5][6][7] He again won the gold medal in the discus throw F11 event at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships.

References

1. "Alessandro Rodrigo Silva". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
2. "Britain's Jonathan Broom-Edwards secures high jump silver in Rio". Athletics Weekly. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
3. "Com recorde paralímpico, Alessandro Rodrigo fatura ouro no lançamento de disco" [With a Paralympic record, Alessandro Rodrigo wins gold in the discus throw]. Folha Vitória (in Portuguese). 12 September 2016.
4. "Alessandro Rodrigo Silva". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016.
5. "Dubai 2019 Results | Event Overview - Men's discus throw F11". paralympic.org. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
6. "Dubai 2019 Results | Event Overview – Men's shot put F11". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
7. "Alessandro da Silva conquista o ouro no Mundial de Atletismo Paralímpico" [Alessandro da Silva wins gold at the Paralympic Athletics World Championships]. Lance! (in Portuguese). 13 November 2019.

External links

• Alessandro Rodrigo Silva at the International Paralympic Committee
• Alessandro Rodrigo da Silva at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Alessandro Rodrigo da Silva at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
• Alessandro Rodrigo da Silva at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)