Luiz Cláudio Pereira

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Luiz Cláudio Pereira
Personal information
Born(1961-06-10)10 June 1961
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died8 March 2022(2022-03-08) (aged 60)
Medellín, Colombia
Sport
SportPara athletics
Disability classTHW4
Event(s)Shot put, Javelin, Discus
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
1984 Stoke Mandeville Javelin throw - 1C
1984 Stoke Mandeville Shot put - 1C
1988 Seoul Discus throw - 1C
1988 Seoul Javelin throw - 1C
1988 Seoul Shot put - 1C
1992 Barcelona Shot put - THW4
1984 Stoke Mandeville Discus throw - 1C
1984 Stoke Mandeville Pentathlon - 1C
1988 Seoul Pentathlon - 1C

Luiz Cláudio Pereira (10 June 1961 – 8 March 2022) was a Brazilian paralympic athlete who competed mainly in category THW4 throwing events.

Pereira was part of the Brazilian team that travelled to Barcelona for the 1992 Summer Paralympics. There he competed in all three throws, finishing ninth in the discus throw, seventh in the javelin throw, and winning in the shot put.[1] After retiring from athletics, Pereira was one of the pioneers of wheelchair rugby in Brazil.

Pereira died on 8 March 2022, at the age of 60.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Luiz Pereira". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
  2. ^ Morre Luiz Pereira, quinto maior medalhista do Brasil (in Portuguese)


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