Brazil at the 2018 Winter Paralympics | |
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IPC code | BRA |
NPC | Brazilian Paralympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Pyeongchang | |
Competitors | 3 in 2 sports |
Medals |
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Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Brazil sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team included one man and one woman. Both people competed in para-Nordic skiing. Aline Rocha is the first woman to be part of the Brazilian team at the Winter Paralympics. It is the second time Brazil went to the Winter Paralympics. They first went in 2014 to the Winter Paralympics in Sochi.
Brazil sent two people to Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[1] The team included Aline Rocha. She is the first woman to be part of the Brazilian team at the Winter Paralympics.[1][2][3][4] The country wanted to send five people to South Korea.[1] They had the right to two spots in December 2017. One spot was for a man and one spot was for a woman.[1]
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Brazil") that participated in the 2018 Games.
Name | Sport | Gender | Hometown | Classification | Events | ref |
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Cristian Ribera | para-Nordic skiing | male | cross country skiing | [5] | ||
Aline Rocha | para-Nordic skiing | female | Pinhão | cross country skiing | [1][2] |
Brazil first competed at the Winter Paralympics in 2014 in Sochi.[1] André Cintra competed in snowboarding. Fernando Aranha competed in cross-country skiing.[1][3][6]
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics |
Athlete | Class | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
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Real time | Calculated time | Rank | Real time | Calculated time | Rank | Real time | Calculated time | Rank | |||
Cristian Ribera | LW11 | 15km, sitting | — | 46:35.2 | 43:47.5 | 6 | |||||
1.1km sprint, sitting | 3:29.96 | 3:17.36 | 15 | — | |||||||
7.5km, sitting | — | 25:12.3 | 23:41.6 | 9 |
Athlete | Class | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
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Real time | Calculated time | Rank | Real time | Calculated time | Rank | Real time | Calculated time | Rank | |||
Aline Rocha | LW11 | 12km, sitting | — | 49:19.9 | 46:22.3 | 15 | |||||
1.1km sprint, sitting | 4:39.92 | 4:23.13 | 22 | — | |||||||
5km, sitting | — | 20:37.7 | 19:23.4 | 12 |
Athletes | Event | Final | |
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Time | Rank | ||
Aline Rocha Cristian Ribera |
4 x 2.5km mixed relay | 32:16.7 | 13 |
Main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics |
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank |
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Andre Cintra | Men's banked slalom, SB-LL1 | 1:35.18 | 1:07.88 | 1:08.53 | 1:07.88 | 10 |
Athlete | Event | Seeding | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Seed | |||||||||
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||||
Andre Cintra | Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL1 | 1:18.72 | 10 | cancelled | 1:18.72 | 10 Q | Oguri (JPN) L |
did not advance | 10 |