Personal information | |
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Full name | Daniel Tavares Martins |
Born | Marília, Brazil | 12 March 1996
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Brazil |
Sport | Para-athletics |
Disability class | T20 |
Medal record |
Daniel Tavares Martins (born 12 March 1996) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events at international elite events.
He represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and won a gold medal in the 400 metres T20 event. He is also a three-time gold medal winner at the World Para Athletics Championships, and a Parapan American Games champion in the 400 metres T20. He was the first Brazilian Paralympic athlete to do so in the T20 classification.[1][2]
After winning his gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, a school in Ricardo de Albuquerque in the northern part of Rio de Janeiro was named in honour of him.[3]