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Andre Andrade

Athletics
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
T13

Further personal information

Residence
Rio Grande, BRA
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
Portuguese, English
Higher education
Biology

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He began running at age 15.
Why this sport?
He grew up wanting to be a footballer, but a physical education teacher at his school introduced him to athletics.
Club / Team
Association of Adapted Sport of Presidente Prudente [ADPP]: Brazil
Name of coach
Isaque Augusto
Coach from which country?
Brazil

General interest

Nicknames
Andrezinho (Athens, 24 Aug 2004)
Hobbies
Reading, listening to music, walking, internet. (Athens, 24 Aug 2004)
Awards and honours
He was named Paralympic Athlete of the Year for 2002 by the Brazilian Olympic Committee. (caixa.gov.br, 09 Sep 2009)
Impairment
He was born with myopia. (caixa.gov.br, 09 Sep 2009)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m T13 Heat 2 2
Men's 100 m T13 Final Round 2
Men's 200 m T13 Heat 1 2
Men's 200 m T13 Final Round 2
Men's 400 m T13 Heat 1 4
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 4x100 m T11-13 Final Round 4
Men's 4x100 m T11-13 Heat 1 1
Men's 200 m T13 Final Round 1
Men's 100 m T13 Heat 1 1
Men's 100 m T13 Final Round 2
Men's 200 m T13 Heat 1 1
IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m T13 Heat 2 1
Men's 100 m T13 Final Round 9999
Men's 200 m T13 Heat 2 2
Men's 200 m T13 Final Round 3
Men's 400 m T13 Heat 1 9999
Men's 4x100 m T11-13 Heat 1 1
Men's 4x100 m T11-13 Final Round 2
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m T13 Heat 2 4
Men's 100 m T13 Final Round 8
Men's 200 m T13 Heat 1 9999
Men's 4x100 m T11-13 Heat 2 9999
IPC Athletics World Championships Villeneuve d'Ascq 2002 (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 400 m T13 Final Round 1
Men's 200 m T13 Final Round 1
Men's 200 m T13 Heat 1 1
Men's 100 m T13 Final Round 1
Men's 100 m T13 Heat 2 1
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m T13 Heat 2 2012-08-31 4
Men's 400 m T13 Heat 1 2012-08-31 5
Men's 100 m T13 Final Round 2012-09-01 8
Men's 4x100 m T11-13 Heat 2 2012-09-05 9999
Men's 200 m T13 Heat 3 2012-09-06 4
IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m T13 Semifinal 1 2013-07-20 11
Men's 4x100 m T11-13 Semifinal 1 2013-07-22 9999
Men's 100 m T13 Semifinal 1 2013-07-24 4
Men's 100 m T13 Final 1 2013-07-25 7