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Claudia Silva

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Brazil
Swimming
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Biography

Impairment information

Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
S4, SB4, SM4

Further personal information

Residence
Recife, BRA
Languages
Portuguese

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She began swimming in 1996.
Why this sport?
Swimming was part of her physiotherapy routine.
Club / Team
Banco do Brasil Athletic Association: Recife, BRA
Name of coach
Antonio Coutinho [club]; Leonardo Tomasello Araujo [national]

General interest

Nicknames
Claudinha (Athlete, 31 Aug 2010)
Most influential person in career
Her mother. (Athlete, 31 Aug 2010)
Hero / Idol
Brazilian swimmer Gustavo Borges. (cpb.org.br, 11 Jun 2007)
Impairment
Her impairment is the result of polio. She was diagnosed with the illness at age four months. (cpb.org.br, 11 June 2007)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Heat 2 7
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 Heat 1 6
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Heat 2 5
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts Final Round 4
Women's 4x50 m Freestyle 20 pts Final Round 3
Women's 200 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 6
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Final Round 5
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 Heats 9
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Heats 9
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 6
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Final Round 5
Women's 200 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 5
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 6
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m Freestyle S4 Heat 2 5
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 Heat 2 5
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Heat 1 5
IPC Swimming World Championships Mar del Plata 2002 (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Heats 10
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 7
Women's 200 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 8
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Heats 8
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Final Round 8
Women's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts Final Round 3