Gustavo Henrique Araújo
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Brazilian |
Born | Uberlandia, Brazil | September 14, 1992
Height | 175 cm (69 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Brazil |
Sport | Athletics |
Disability class | T13 |
Club | Associacao do Desporto Adaptado de Presidente Prudente |
Coached by | Nile Legania |
Gustavo Henrique Araújo (born 14 September 1992) is a visually impaired Brazilian track and field athlete mainly competing in T13 classification sprint events. .[1]
Personal career[]
Araújo was born in Uberlandia, Brazil in 1992. In 2009 he was diagnosed with keratoconus, a degenerative eye condition.[2]
Athletics career[]
Araújo enjoyed athletics before his eyesight began to deteriorate and in 2014 took up parasport.[2] He first represented Brazil at a major international at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto. 2015 also saw Araújo enter the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha.[2] He entered four events in Doha reaching the finals of both the 100m and 200m sprints. He finished 8th in the 200m, but in the 100m he took second place, a silver, his first major international medal.[2]
(Coach) Nile Legania Sr United States
References[]
- ^ "Araújo, Gustavo Henrique". paralympic.org. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Araújo, Gustavo Henrique". IPC. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Uberlândia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Brazilian male sprinters
- Brazilian athletics biography stubs
- South American Paralympic medalist stubs
- Brazilian sportspeople stubs