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Brazilian Paralympic athlete (born 1978)
Marco Aurélio Borges
Personal information
Born (1978-01-05) 5 January 1978 (age 47)
São Paulo, Brazil
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportPara-athletics
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Shot put F57

Marco Aurélio Borges (born 5 January 1978) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete. He won the silver medal in the men's shot put F57 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the time, he won the bronze medal but this became the silver medal after Thiago Paulino dos Santos, also from Brazil, dropped from first to third place.

References

  1. "BORGES, Marco Aurelio". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. Berkeley, Geoff (3 September 2021). "US capture first-ever universal relay Paralympic gold at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 September 2021. Marco Aurelio Borges of Brazil sealed bronze with a personal best of 14.85m.
  3. "Brazilian Shot-putter protests on podium after losing gold medal". The Bridge. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.


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