Verônica Hipólito

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Verônica Hipólito
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Hipólito at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameVerônica Silva Hipólito
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1996-06-02) 2 June 1996 (age 25)[1]
São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Sport
SportPara athletics
Disability classT37
Event(s)Sprint
ClubTime Naurú
Medal record
Women's para athletics
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m – T38
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m – T38
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lyon 200 m – T38
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon 100 m – T38
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 100 m – T38
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 200 m – T38
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 400 m – T38
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Long jump T20/37/38
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 100 m – T37
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 200 m – T37
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 4x100 m relay
Para-South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago Long jump

Verônica Silva Hipólito[a] (born 2 June 1996) is a para-athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.[1] She competed as an able-bodied athlete before a stroke in 2011 left her with permanent damage to the right side of her body. In 2013, she discovered that she was eligible to compete in Paralympic sports and that year represented Brazil at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Personal history[]

Hipólito was born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil in 1996.[2] In 2008, she discovered that she had a brain tumour, which was removed.[2] But in March 2011 she suffered a stroke that affected the movement on the right side of her body.[2] The stroke affected the right side of her body and she lost strength in both her right leg and arm. Her brain tumour returned in 2012 which she treated with medication.[2]

Career history[]

Hipólito took up athletics at the age of ten after her parents chose the sport in an effort to help her make friends and learn the value of effort.[2] She competed in able-bodied athletics until 2013 when she discovered that due to the damage caused by her stroke, that she was eligible to compete in para-athletic events.

That year she was selected to represent Brazil at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships. There she competed in three events, the 100 m and 200 m T38 sprints and the long jump T37/38. In the long jump she finished sixth, but she medalled in both the 100 m (silver) and the 200 m (gold).[2] The following year she participated in the 2014 Para-South American Games in Santiago where she won gold in the 100 m, 200 m and long jump events.[3]

Notes[]

  1. ^ This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Hipólito.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Veronica Hipolito". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Silva Hipolita, Verônica". IPC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Verônica Hipólito". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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