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Full name | Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 11 December 1984 Picos, Brazil | (age 39)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paracanoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | KL1, VL2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva (born 11 December 1984) is a Brazilian paracanoeist. He is a six-time world champion.[1]
Silva 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]