Zileide Cassiano da Silva

Zileide Cassiano

Personal information
Full name	Zileide Cassiano da Silva
Born	(1998-02-06) 6 February 1998 (age 26) Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Sport
Sport	Para athletics
Disability class	T20
Event	Long jump
Medal record Representing  Brazil Paralympic Games 2024 Paris Long jump T20 World Championships 2024 Paris Long jump T20 2023 Paris Long jump T20

Zileide Cassiano da Silva (born 6 February 1998) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete who competes in international track and field competitions, she is a World champion in the long jump. She is a multiple regional and national champion in sprinting events, long jump and triple jump, she is a former hurdler. She has qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[1][2][3][4]

Cassiano had been training with non-disabled athletes before she was diagnosed with an intellectual disability in 2021. She is named after Brazilian journalist Zileide Silva inspired by her father.^[5]

References

1. "Zileide Cassiano da Silva - Brazilian Paralympic Committee (in Portuguese)". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 22 June 2024.
2. "Zileide Cassiano - World Athletics". World Athletics. 22 June 2024.
3. "Brazilians dominated T20 events medal tally at Paris 23". virtus.sport. 18 July 2023.
4. "Zileide Cassiano wins gold at the World Para Athletics Championships in Japan (in Portuguese)". Ribeirao Preto. 17 May 2024.
5. "The father, the reporter and the medalist: the story of the para-athlete Zileide Cassiano, revelation in the long jump (in Portuguese)". ge.globo.com. 9 October 2023.

External links

• Zileide Cassiano da Silva at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
• Zileide Cassiano at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)