Lenine Cunha

Lenine Cunha (born 4 December 1982) is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal who competes in T20 classification long jump and triple jump events.[1] Cunha represented Portugal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, in both the long jump and the 100 metre sprint. It would be 12 years until Cunha could again compete at the Paralympics due to the T20 classification being removed from the program due to a scandal at the 2000 Games in Sydney. With the reintroduction of the T20 class at the 2012 London Games he finished third to take the bronze medal in the long jump. In 2015 Cunha won the gold medal in the triple jump at the IPC World Championships in Doha.[2]

Lenine Cunha
Personal information
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1982-12-04) 4 December 1982
Mafamude, Portugal
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryPortugal
SportTrack and field
Disability class(T20)
Event(s)long jump
ClubSport Club Lenine Cunha
Coached byJose Costa Pereira
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Portugal
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 London Long jump - F20
IPC World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Christchurch Long jump - T20
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lyon Long jump - T20
Gold medal – first place 2015 Doha Triple jump - T20
IPC European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Swansea Long jump - T20
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Stadskanaal Long jump - T20
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Grosseto Long jump - T20

References
  1. "Cunah, Lenine". paralympic.org. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. "Cunah, Lenine". IPC. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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