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André Rocha
Personal information
Full name	André Luis da Rocha Antunes
Born	15 April 1977 (age 47); Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil
Sport
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability class	F52
Event(s)	discus throw; shot put
Medal record
Para-athletics
Representing Brazil
Paralympic Games
World Championships

André Luis da Rocha Antunes^[2]^[3] (born 15 April 1977) is a Brazilian para-athlete specializing in throwing events: discus throw and shot put. He represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

In 2018, Rocha set a world record in the shot put F53 category with a throw of 8.73 metres.^[4]

Rocha represented Brazil at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a gold medal in the discus throw F52 event.^[5] As a result, he qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics. At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the discus throw F52 event.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "ROCHA Andre". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 1 September 2024. (alternate link)
^ "Taubateano disputa o ouro nos Jogos Paralímpicos neste domingo" [Taubateano competes for gold at the Paralympic Games this Sunday]. spriomais.com.br (in Portuguese). 1 September 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024. André Luis da Rocha Antunes, taubateano de 47 anos, disputa a final do lançamento de disco F52, na tarde deste domingo, nos Jogos Paralímpicos de Paris [André Luis da Rocha Antunes, a 47-year-old from Taubaté, competes in the F52 discus throw final, on Sunday afternoon, at the Paris Paralympic Games]
^ "Regional records fall on final day of Sao Paulo Grand Prix". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2024. IPC Athletics Grand Prix ... Brazil's Andre Luis da Rocha Antunes (9.15m) broke a 12-year-old Americas record in the men's shot put F54
^ "Andre Rocha breaks world record in Sao Paulo". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "Kobe 2024: Leon Schaefer, Sabrine Fortune save their best for last on rainy Sunday". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.