Verônica Hipólito

Verônica Hipólito

Hipólito at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Verônica Silva Hipólito
Born	(1996-06-02) 2 June 1996 (age 28)[1] São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Sport
Sport	Para athletics
Disability class	T37
Event	Sprint
Club	Time Naurú
Medal record Women's para athletics Representing  Brazil Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m – T38 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m – T38 2024 Paris 100 m – T36 World Championships 2013 Lyon 200 m – T38 2013 Lyon 100 m – T38 2024 Kobe 100 m – T36 Parapan American Games 2015 Toronto 100 m – T38 2015 Toronto 200 m – T38 2015 Toronto 400 m – T38 2015 Toronto Long jump T20/37/38 2019 Lima 100 m – T37 2019 Lima 200 m – T37 2019 Lima 4x100 m relay Para-South American Games 2014 Santiago 100 m 2014 Santiago 200 m 2014 Santiago Long jump

Verônica Silva Hipólito^[a] (born 2 June 1996) is a para-athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.^[1] She competed as an able-bodied athlete before a stroke in 2011 left her with permanent damage to the right side of her body. In 2013, she discovered that she was eligible to compete in Paralympic sports and that year represented Brazil at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Personal history

Hipólito was born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil in 1996.^[2] In 2008, she discovered that she had a brain tumour, which was removed.^[2] But in March 2011 she had a stroke that affected the movement on the right side of her body.^[2] The stroke affected the right side of her body and she lost strength in both her right leg and arm. Her brain tumour returned in 2012 which she treated with medication.^[2]

Career history

Hipólito took up athletics at the age of ten after her parents chose the sport in an effort to help her make friends and learn the value of effort.^[2] She competed in able-bodied athletics until 2013 when she discovered that due to the damage caused by her stroke, that she was eligible to compete in para-athletic events.

That year she was selected to represent Brazil at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships. There she competed in three events, the 100 m and 200 m T38 sprints and the long jump T37/38. In the long jump she finished sixth, but she medalled in both the 100 m (silver) and the 200 m (gold).^[2] The following year she participated in the 2014 Para-South American Games in Santiago where she won gold in the 100 m, 200 m and long jump events.^[3]

Notes

1. This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Hipólito.

References

1. "Paralympic - HIPOLITO Veronica Athletics Brazil". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016.
2. "SILVA HIPOLITO Verônica". IPC.infostradasports.com. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
3. "Verônica Hipólito | Rio 2016". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

• Media related to Verônica Hipólito at Wikimedia Commons
• Veronica Hipolito at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
• Veronica Hipolito at the International Paralympic Committee
• Verônica Silva Hipolito at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Verônica Silva Hipólito at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)
• Verônica Hipólito at Nauru.com.br at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 May 2021) (in Portuguese)
• Verônica Hipólito on Instagram