Edneusa Dorta

Edneusa Dorta
	Dorta (left) at 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta
Born	28 July 1976 (age 47); Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Para athletics
Disability	Visual impairment
Disability class	T12
Event(s)	Marathon
Medal record
Women's para athletics
Representing Brazil
Paralympic Games
World Para Marathon Championships

Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta (born 28 July 1976) is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic athlete.[1][2] She represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the bronze medal in the women's marathon T12 event.[1][2] She qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in women's marathon T12[3] and she was one of the ten competitors.

In 2019, she won the silver medal in the event for visually impaired athletes at the World Para Athletics Marathon Championships.[4][5]

References

"Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2020-01-03. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
"Edneusa de Jesus Santos Dorta". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23.
JA (2021-07-26). "EDNEUSA, De Campo Limpo às Paralimpíadas em Tóquio". Jornal Jundiaí Agora | Nada mais que a verdade | Notícias Jundiaí e Região, Jornal Jundiaí Agora, Jundiaí Notícias, Atualidades Jundiaí (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-08-12.
Francis, Anne (28 April 2019). "Chentouf sets visually impaired marathon world record at WPA Marathon Championships". Running Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
"Manuela Schaer makes it spectacular six in London". paralympic.org. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

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