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| Full name | André Luis da Rocha Antunes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1977-04-15) 15 April 1977 (age 47) Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F52 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | discus throw shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||
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André Luis da Rocha Antunes (born 15 April 1977) is a Brazilian para-athlete specializing in throwing events: discus throw and shot put. He represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Career
In 2018, Rocha set a world record in the shot put F53 category with a throw of 8.73 metres.
Rocha represented Brazil at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a gold medal in the discus throw F52 event. As a result, he qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics. At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the discus throw F52 event.
References
- ^ "ROCHA Andre". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 1 September 2024. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
- "Taubateano disputa o ouro nos Jogos Paralímpicos neste domingo" [Taubateano competes for gold at the Paralympic Games this Sunday]. spriomais.com.br (in Portuguese). 1 September 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
André Luis da Rocha Antunes, taubateano de 47 anos, disputa a final do lançamento de disco F52, na tarde deste domingo, nos Jogos Paralímpicos de Paris
- "Regional records fall on final day of Sao Paulo Grand Prix". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
IPC Athletics Grand Prix ... Brazil's Andre Luis da Rocha Antunes (9.15m) broke a 12-year-old Americas record in the men's shot put F54
- "Andre Rocha breaks world record in Sao Paulo". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- "Kobe 2024: Leon Schaefer, Sabrine Fortune save their best for last on rainy Sunday". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
External links
- Andre Rocha at the International Paralympic Committee
- André Rocha at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Paralympic athletes for Brazil
- Brazilian male discus throwers
- Brazilian male shot putters
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic silver medalists for China
- Sportspeople from Guangdong
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Footballers from Taubaté
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