Ana Cláudia Silva (athlete)

For other people with the same or similar names, see Ana Cláudia Silva (disambiguation).

Ana Cláudia Silva

Ana Cláudia Silva in final of T42 long jump at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Personal information
Full name	Ana Cláudia Maria da Silva
Born	23 December 1987 (1987-12-23) (age 37) Nazaré da Mata, Pernambuco, Brazil
Home town	Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Sport
Disability class	T42, T63
Medal record Women's para athletics Representing  Brazil Parapan American Games 2023 Santiago Long jump T42-44/61-64 World Championships 2015 Doha 100 m T42

Ana Cláudia Silva (born 23 December 1987), also known as Ana Cláudia Maria da Silva, is a Brazilian para athlete who has competed in the T42^[1] and T63^[2] classifications.^[3]

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she earned a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m T42 event and finished 4th in the Women's long jump T42 event.^[4][5]

At the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, she finished 4th in the Women's 100 m T42 event and 5th in the Women's long jump T42 event.^[4]

At the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, she competed in the Women's 100 m T63 and Women's long jump T63 events.^[3][4]

At the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, she earned a silver medal in the long jump event.^[5]

Personal life

At the age of 6, she fell and fractured her femur, leaving her unable to walk. At the age of 12, she was able to walk again and began playing football. She later began participating in Paralympic athletics.^[5]

References

1. "Track: T42". Lexi. Retrieved 18 February 2024. T42 is for athletes with movement moderately affected in one leg or the absence of limbs.
2. "Long Jump: T63 (T42/61/63)". Lexi. Retrieved 18 February 2024. T63 is for jumpers with available movement moderately affected in one leg or the absence of limbs above the knee.
3. "da SILVA Ana Claudia Maria". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2024. Date of Birth: 23 Dec 1987 / Sport Class: T42 / Place of birth: NAZARE DA MATA / Place of residence : RECIFE
4. "Ana Claudia Silva". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
5. "Ana Cláudia". CPB.org.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

External links

• Media related to Ana Cláudia Silva at Wikimedia Commons
• Ana Claudia Silva at the International Paralympic Committee
• Ana Cláudia at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)
• Ana Cláudia Silva (Lalá) on Instagram (in Portuguese)