Maiara Barreto

Maiara Barreto
	Barreto at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Maiara Regina Pereira Barreto
Born	6 July 1987 (age 37); Jacareí, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Disability	Spinal cord injury
Disability class	S3
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing Brazil
World Championships
Parapan American Games

Maiara Regina Pereira Barreto (born 6 July 1987) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international elite competitions. She is a double Parapan American Games silver medalist and has competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Barreto became a paraplegic in 2009 after a motorcycle accident.^[1]^[2]

Barreto is a pharmacist^[1] by training and a graduate of the University of São Paulo. Her capstone project assessed adverse effects of vancomycin use in a hospital setting.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Maiara Barreto - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 9 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Car accidents affect 18% of Brazilian parathletes (in Portuguese)". Otempo. 9 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Barreto MRP (May 2014). Eventos adversos com vancomicina no Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo (PDF) (Thesis) (in Brazilian Portuguese). São Paulo: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas da Universidade de São Paulo. Retrieved 2021-08-25.