Maciel Santos

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Maciel Santos
Maciel Santos em 2016.jpg
Personal information
Born (1985-09-05) 5 September 1985 (age 38)
Crateús, Ceará, Brazil
Sport
SportBoccia
Disability classBC2

Maciel Sousa Santos (born 5 September 1985) is a Brazilian boccia player.

Santos started playing boccia at the age of eleven and was already competing internationally at fourteen. He trains daily for six to eight hours.[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, he won the gold medal by defeating Yan Zhiqiang in the Individual BC2 event. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, he won the bronze medal in the same event.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Athletes: Maciel Santos". Olympics. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ "BISFed - The BISFed World Ranking as of 12TH August 2015". Retrieved 13 August 2015.