Luís Carlos Cardoso da Silva (born 11 December 1984) is a Brazilian paracanoeist. He is a six-time world champion.[1]
 Luís Carlos Cardoso in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luís Carlos Cardoso da Silva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1984 (age 39) Picos, Piauí, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paracanoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | KL1, VL2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editSilva won his fifth world championship in 2017 in the men's VL1 event, surpassing Fernando Fernandes de Pádua for the most by a Brazilian.[2]
Silva represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the men's KL1 event and finished in fourth place with a time 51.631.[3] He again represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the men's KL1 event and finished with a time of 48.031 and won a silver medal.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva". canoeicf.com. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva finds Rio redemption". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Canoe Sprint - CARDOSO da SILVA Luis Carlos". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
Date of Birth: 11 Dec 1984, Place of birth: PICOS
- ^ "Hungary's Peter Kiss seals first gold medal of the canoe sprint competition at Tokyo 2020". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
External links
edit- Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva at the International Canoe Federation
- Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
- Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva at the International Paralympic Committee
- Luís Carlos Cardoso at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)
   | This article about a Paralympic medalist of Brazil is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |