Thiago Paulino dos Santos

Thiago Paulino
Personal information
Full name	Thiago Paulino dos Santos
Born	29 December 1985 (age 38); Orlândia, São Paulo, Brazil
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Para athletics
Disability class	F57
Events	Discus throw; Shot put;
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing Brazil
Paralympic Games
World Championships
Parapan American Games

Thiago Paulino dos Santos (born 29 December 1985)^[1] is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete. He is a two-time medalist at the Paralympic Games.

Career

He won the bronze medal in the men's shot put F57 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the time, he won the gold medal with a throw of 15.10 metres but after some of his throws were ruled invalid, he dropped to third place.^[2]^[3]

He earned Parapan American Games gold medals in the shot put F57 events at Toronto 2015, Lima 2019,^[4] and Santiago 2023.

References

^ "Thiago Paulino dos Santos". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
^ Berkeley, Geoff (3 September 2021). "US capture first-ever universal relay Paralympic gold at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
^ "Brazilian Shot-putter protests on podium after losing gold medal". The Bridge. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
^ Barros, Breno (25 August 2019). "Thiago Paulino quebra recorde mundial pela terceira vez e leva ouro no Parapan" [Thiago Paulino breaks world record for the third time and takes gold at the Parapan]. Rede do Esporte (in Portuguese).

External links

Thiago Paulino dos Santos at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
Thiago Paulino dos Santos at the International Paralympic Committee
Thiago Paulino at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)

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[profile_summer_paralympics_2020-1] "Thiago Paulino dos Santos". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

[us_capture_first_ever_universal_relay_paralympic_gold_tokyo_2020-2] Berkeley, Geoff (3 September 2021). "US capture first-ever universal relay Paralympic gold at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

[brazilian_shot_putter_protests_on_podium_2021-3] "Brazilian Shot-putter protests on podium after losing gold medal". The Bridge. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

[4] Barros, Breno (25 August 2019). "Thiago Paulino quebra recorde mundial pela terceira vez e leva ouro no Parapan" [Thiago Paulino breaks world record for the third time and takes gold at the Parapan]. Rede do Esporte (in Portuguese).

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