Izabela Campos

Izabela Silva Campos (born 11 April 1981) is a Brazilian visually impaired F11/12 shot putter and discus thrower. She won a bronze medal in the discus throw at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1] She qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's discus throw.[2]

Izabela Campos
Rio 2016
Personal information
Full nameIzabela Silva Campos
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1981-04-11) 11 April 1981
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportPara-athletics
Disability classF11, F12
Event(s)Shot Put, and Discus
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2012, 2016, 2020
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio Discus throw – F11

Life

Campos lost her sight when she was five after having measles.[3]

Campos competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London in the women's shot put. That event was won by Assunta Legnante. At the 2016 Paralympics in Rio she threw her discus 32.60 m to get a bronze medal. She missed out to Liangmin Zhang (36.65 m) from China and Tang Hongxia (35.01 m).[4]

She competed at the 2019 Parapan American Games, winning gold in Discus, and bronze in Javelin, and Shot put.[5] She came twelfth in the shot put at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai but she took the bronze in the F11 Women's discus throw.

References
  1. "Izabela Campos". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. Gerais, Universidade Federal de Minas (21 June 2021). "Atleta do CTE-UFMG vai disputar os Jogos Paralímpicos de Tóquio". Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  3. "Izabela Silva Campos". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Parapan American Games. Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  4. "Izabela Campos conquista o bronze no lançamento de disco" [Izabela Campos wins bronze at the discus]. gazetaesportiva.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  5. "Para athletics | Athlete Profile: SILVA CAMPOS Izabela - ParaPan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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