Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox country at games Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China The country debuted in the Games in 1972 and 2008 was its 10th participation.

Brazil also sent the largest number of athletes to the Paralympics in its history, with 188 athletes competing in 17 Paralympic sports. Brazil did not include any competitors in the archery and wheelchair rugby. In the Opening Ceremony, the Brazilian Flag bearer was the judoka Antônio Tenório Silva, who became four-time Paralympic champion in his category.

In 2008, Brazil had its second strongest showing in the history of the Games, finishing in respectable 9th place. André Brasil and Daniel Dias, both of swimming and Lucas Prado of athletics were Brazil's top medalists. Prado won three gold medals, Brasil won five medals (four golds and one silver) and Dias won nine medals (four golds, four silvers and one bronze).

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's 100 m - T11
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Women's 200 m - T11
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's 200 m - T11
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's 400 m - T11
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Boccia	Mixed individual - BC4
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Boccia	Mixed pairs - BC4
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Brazil national football 5-a-side team	Football 5-a-side	Men's Football 5-a-side - B1
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Judo	Men's 100 kg
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle - S10
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle - S5
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle - S10
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle - S5
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle - S10
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke - S5
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly - S10
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley - SM5
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Men's marathon - T46
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay - T42-46
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's 100 m - T11
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Women's javelin throw - F35-38
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke - SB4
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 50 m butterfly - S5
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Judo	Women's 48 kg
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Judo	Women's +70 kg
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley - SM10
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 4x50 m medley relay - 20 pts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle - S5
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle - S10
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle - S10
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Table tennis	Men's team - Class 3
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's 800 m - T12
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's 5000 m - T13
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's 10000 m - T12
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's 100 m - T11
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's 200 m - T11
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's 100 m - T46
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Women's 400 m - T12
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Boccia	Mixed individual - BC4
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Equestrian	Individual championship test - Grade Ib
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Equestrian	Individual freestyle test - Grade Ib
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Judo	Women's 52 kg
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Judo	Women's 57 kg
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Rowing	Mixed double sculls - TA
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly - S7
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle - S4
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle - S11
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Men's 4x50 m freestyle relay - 20 pts

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jose Carlos Alecrim	T46	800m	2:06.37	20	did not advance
		1500m	4:15.54	19	did not advance
Andre Luiz Andrade	T13	200m	DSQ		did not advance
Gilson Anjos	T13	400m	53.39	11	did not advance
		1500m	4:29.80	17	did not advance
Ozivan Bonfim	T46	Marathon	—				2:35:31	5
Christiano Farias	T11	1500m	4:21.32	7	did not advance
		5000m	—				16:38.15	6
Felipe Gomes	T11	100m	11.55	8 q	11.57	7 B	11.72	4
		200m	23.90	8 q	DNS		did not advance
Pedro Guilhermino	T12	400m	56.14	13	did not advance
		800m	DNS		did not advance
Alex Mendonça	T12	10000m	—				33:48.45	7
		Marathon	—				2:44:50	17
Pedro Cesar Moraes	T12	100m	11.84	22	did not advance
		200m	DNS		did not advance
Yohansson Nascimento	T46	100m	11.18	5 Q	—		11.25
		200m	22.92	6 q	—		22.53	5
		400m	59.76	15	did not advance
Moises Neto	T46	5000m	—				DNF
		Marathon	—				2:41:32	9
Alan Oliveira	T44	200m	24.31	7 q	—		24.21	7
Andre Luiz Oliveira	T44	100m	12.12	10	did not advance
Nelson Pereira	T13	800m	—				2:02.81	7
		1500m	4:20.09	15	did not advance
Edson Pinheiro	T38	100m	—				11.30	4
		200m	23.62	5 q	—		23.46	6
		400m	—				DNF
Lucas Prado	T11	100m	11.19 WR	1 Q	11.20	1 Q	11.03 WR
		200m	23.24	3 Q	22.71 PR	1 Q	22.48 WR
		400m	51.84	2 Q	51.84	2 Q	50.27
Aurelio Santos	T12	10000m	—				DNF
		Marathon	—				DNF
Claudemir Santos	T46	200m	1:09.60	21	did not advance
Odair Santos	T12	800m	1:56.77	3 Q	—		1:53.73
		5000m	15:09.90	1 Q	—		14:50.35
		10000m	—				31:57.91
Tito Sena	T46	5000m	—				15:32.32	9
		Marathon	—				2:30:49
Jose Ribeiro Silva	T37	100m	12.58	11	did not advance
		200m	26.06	13	did not advance
Ariosvaldo Silva	T53	100m	15.46	6 Q	—		15.40	8
		200m	28.56	12	did not advance
		400m	DNS		did not advance
Carlos Barto Silva	T11	1500m	4:16.29	4 q	—		4:14.80	5
		5000m	—				DNF
Daniel Silva	T11	100m	11.52	7 q	11.55	6 B	11.56	1
		200m	23.20	2 Q	23.17	4 Q	23.38	4
		400m	52.47	3 Q	51.93	4 q	52.05	4
Antonio Souza	T46	200m	DNS		did not advance
Emicarlo Souza	T46	400m	50.06	6 q	—		49.54	4
		800m	2:01.26	15	did not advance
Julio Cesar Souza	T12	100m	11.46	10 q	11.45	12	did not advance
		200m	23.54	16	did not advance
		400m	52.87	12	did not advance
Andre Luiz Andrade Felipe Gomes Lucas Prado Julio Cesar Souza	T11-13	4 × 100 m relay	DSQ		did not advance
Yohansson Nascimento Alan Oliveira Andre Luiz Oliveira Claudemir Santos	T42-46	4 × 100 m relay	—				45.25

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Leonardo Amâncio	F57-58	Discus throw	50.54 SB	947	7
		Shot put	12.80	856	13
Marco Aurélio Borges	F44	Discus throw	41.53	768	9
Jonathan de Souza Santos	F40	Shot put	10.53	-	5
Felipe Gomes	F11	Triple jump	DNS
André Luiz Oliveira	F42/44	Long jump	6.19	957	7
Paulo Souza	F35-36	Discus throw	34.10	977	6
		Javelin throw	39.72 SB	1073	4
		Shot put	9.92	795	9

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maria José Alves	T12	100m	13.36	11 q	13.21	10	did not advance
		200m	27.16	11	did not advance
		400m	1:01.79	6 B	—		DNS
Sheila Finder	T46	200m	28.01	14	did not advance
Terezinha Guilhermina	T11	100m	12.48	2 Q	—		12.40
		200m	25.16	1 Q	—		25.14
	T12	400m	57.70	3 Q	—		57.02
Sirlene Guilhermino	T12	100m	12.95	5 Q	12.88	6 B	12.95	6
		200m	26.57	8 q	26.91	8	did not advance
		400m	1:02.08	7 B	—		DNS
Indayana Martins	T13	100m	13.68	13	did not advance
		200m	28.41	11	did not advance
		400m	1:05.56	10	did not advance
Ádria Santos	T11	100m	13.11	4 Q	—		13.07
		200m	27.37	7 B	—		28.15	8
Jenifer Santos	T38	100m	14.69	6 Q	—		14.31	4
		200m	31.22	9	did not advance
Jerusa Santos	T11	100m	13.16	7 B	—		12.99	5
		200m	26.05	3 Q	—		26.09
Fernanda Silva	T46	200m	27.47	13	did not advance
Joana Silva	T13	100m	13.17	11	did not advance
		200m	26.78	8 q	—		26.85	7
		400m	1:01.46	8 q	—		1:02.08	7
Ana Tércia Soares	T12	100m	13.20	10 q	13.24	11	did not advance
		200m	26.95	10	did not advance

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Shirlene Coelho	F35-38	Javelin throw	35.95	1513
	F37-38	Discus throw	22.25	757	13
		Shot put	10.09	984	8
Sônia Gouveia	F33-34/52-53	Javelin throw	8.57	753	16
Suely Guimarães	F54-56	Discus throw	21.98 SB	838	8
		Shot put	6.68 SB	803	13
Rosenei Herrera	F35-36	Discus throw	13.42	623	11
		Shot put	6.94	780	7
	F35-38	Javelin throw	14.59 SB	841	13
Indayana Martins	F13	Long jump	4.10	-	12
Roseane Santos	F57-58	Discus throw	30.51	970	7
		Shot put	9.06	932	7

Boccia

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dirceu Pinto	Mixed individual BC4	Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 7-4	2 Q	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 12-0	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 9-2	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 3-1
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	L 2-4
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 4-1
Eliseu Santos		Template:FlagIPCathlete	L 3-8	2 Q	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 7-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 2-9	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 7-1
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 8-0
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 12-0
Dirceu Pinto Eliseu Santos	Pairs BC4	Template:FlagIPCathlete / Template:FlagIPCathlete	L 0-5	2 Q	—	Template:FlagIPCathlete / Template:FlagIPCathlete W 4-1	Template:FlagIPCathlete / Template:FlagIPCathlete W 5-2
		Template:FlagIPCathlete / Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 6-0
		Template:FlagIPCathlete / Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 6-2

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Flaviano Carvalho	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:39:15	14
	Men's road time trial LC3	40:44.90	9
Soelito Gohr	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	1:46:13	6
	Men's road time trial LC1	35:50.02	6

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Flaviano Carvalho	Men's individual pursuit LC3	DSQ		did not advance
	Men's time trial LC3-4	—		1:29.00	19
Soelito Gohr	Men's individual pursuit LC1	4:50.11	4 q	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 4:53.41	4
	Men's time trial LC1	—		1:13.56	9

Equestrian

Individual events

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Marco Alves	Luthenay De Vernay	Mixed individual championship test grade Ib	67.714
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	67.333
Elisa Melaranci	Lester	Mixed individual championship test grade II	59.091	15
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	66.277	7
Davi Mesquita	Neho De La Jonchere	Mixed individual championship test grade Ib	56.952	14
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	54.444	15
Sérgio Oliva	Neho De La J.	Mixed individual championship test grade Ia	60.900	8
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ia	63.556	8

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
			TT	CT	Total	Score	Rank
Marcos Alves	See above	Team	62.823	67.714	130.537*	364.405	11
Elisa Melaranci			61.524	59.091	120.615*
Davi Mesquita			44.941	56.952	101.893
Sérgio Oliva			52.353	60.900	113.253*

* - denotes highest scores counted towards total score.

Football 5-a-side

The Brazilian football 5-a-side team won the gold medal after defeating China in the gold medal match.

Players

• Ricardo Alves
• Andreonni Farias Rego
• Marcos Felipe
• Jefferson Gonçalves
• Mizael Oliveira
• Damião Ramos
• Fábio Ribeiro Vasconcelos
• João Batista Silva
• Severino Silva
• Sandro Soares

Tournament

Gold medal match

Football 7-a-side

The Brazilian football 7-a-side team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by Iran in the bronze medal match.

Players

• Fabiano Bruzzi
• Adriano Costa
• Irineu Ferreira
• Marcos Ferreira
• José Guimarães
• Leandro Marinho
• Gilberto Moraes
• Wanderson Oliveira
• Antônio Rocha
• Luciano Rocha
• Jean Rodrigues
• Marcos Silva

Tournament

Semi final

Bronze medal match

Goalball

Men's tournament

The men's team didn't win any medals; they were 11th out of 12 teams.

Players

• Alexsander Celente
• Thiago Henrique Firmino da Costa
• Legy Freire
• Paulo Homem
• Romário Marques
• Luiz Silva Filho

Results

11/12th classification

Women's tournament

The women's team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out of 8 teams.

Players

• Adriana Bonifácio Lino
• Ana Carolina Duarte Ruas Custódio
• Cláudia Paula Gonçalves de Amorim Oliveira
• Simone Rocha
• Neuzimar Santos
• Luana Silva

Results

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Eduardo Amaral	Men's 66kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0000-0001	did not advance
Helder Araujo	Men's 60kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0001-0101	—		Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0000-1010	did not advance
Antônio Tenório Silva	Men's 100kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1001-0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1001–0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1011-0000	—		Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1101-0000

Women

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Michelle Ferreira	Women's 52kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1010-0000	—	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0001-0010	—		Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1000-0000
Karla Cardoso	Women's 48kg	—	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 0200–0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 0002-0001	—		Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0000-1010
Daniele Silva	Women's 57kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0042-0101	—			Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1000-0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 0100-0000
Deanne Silva	Women's +70kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1000-0010	—	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1011-0000	—		Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0000-1010
Lucia Teixeira	Women's 63kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0001-1001	—		Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0100-1001	did not advance

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
João Euzébio	82.5kg	170.0	9
Alexsander Whitaker	67.5kg	172.5	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Josilene Ferreira	67.5kg	100.0	5
Maria Oliveira	44kg	82.5	5

Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antony Bonfim	Men's single sculls	5:55.07	10 R	6:21.27	9 FB	5:52.23	3
Claudia Santos	Women's single sculls	6:14.76	10 R	6:57.12	4 FA	6:54.76	6
Josiane Lima Elton Santana	Mixed double sculls	4:18.45	2 FA	—		4:28.36
Silva Nilton Alonco Andre Dutra Norma Moura Luciano Pires Regiane Silva	Mixed coxed four	3:40.41	5 R	3:49.76	4 FB	3:50.37	1

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Carlos Garletti	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1116	17	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	573	34	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Genezi Andrade	S3	50m backstroke	59.04	6 Q	59.25	7
		100m freestyle	2:07.59	7 Q	2:06.02	6
		200m freestyle	—		4:15.50	5
Francisco Avelino	S5	50m backstroke	47.29	8 Q	47.28	8
	SB4	100m breaststroke	2:04.01	12	did not advance
Moises Batista	SB3	50m breaststroke	1:03.24	8 Q	1:01.87	8
	SM4	150m individual medley	3:08.13	9	did not advance
André Brasil	S10	100m backstroke	1:04.44	5 Q	1:03.63	4
		100m butterfly	59.13 PR	1 Q	56.47 WR
		50m freestyle	24.55	1 Q	23.61 WR
		100m freestyle	54.27	1 Q	51.38 WR
		400m freestyle	4:23.48	4 Q	4:05.84 PR
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:20.40	6 Q	2:14.20
Mauro Brasil	S9	50m freestyle	27.18	12	did not advance
Marcelo Collet	S10	100m freestyle	57.96	15	did not advance
		400m freestyle	4:23.93	5 Q	4:23.35	6
Daniel Dias	S5	50m backstroke	36.46 WR	2 Q	35.28
		50m butterfly	38.79	3 Q	36.25
		50m freestyle	34.95	5 Q	33.56
		100m freestyle	1:14.14	1 Q	1:11.05
		200m freestyle	—		2:32.32 WR
	SB4	100m breaststroke	1:41.74	2 Q	1:40.39
	SM5	200m individual medley	2:59.04 PR	1 Q	2:52.60 WR
Carlos Farrenberg	S13	50m freestyle	25.01	4 Q	24.62	4
		100m freestyle	54.97	3 Q	54.70	5
		400m freestyle	4:29.45	3 Q	4:27.16	5
	SM13	200m individual medley	2:34.19	14	did not advance
Gabriel Feiten	S2	50m backstroke	1:12.27	4 Q	1:15.77	8
		50m freestyle	1:17.85	8 Q	1:15.14	7
		100m freestyle	2:35.83	6 Q	2:33.72	5
		200m freestyle	5:19.41	4 Q	5:38.42	8
Adriano Lima	S6	50m freestyle	32.98	8 Q	32.85	8
		100m freestyle	1:10.90	4 Q	1:10.91	5
		400m freestyle	5:27.10	4 Q	5:22.90	4
	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:47.10	9	did not advance
Adriano Pereira	S2	50m backstroke	1:13.50	6 Q	1:13.69	5
		50m freestyle	1:14.74	7 Q	1:15.41	8
		100m freestyle	2:36.14	7 Q	2:32.45	4
		200m freestyle	5:21.11	5 Q	5:21.35	5
Rodrigo Ribeiro	SB11	100m breaststroke	1:28.02	12	did not advance
Phelipe Rodrigues	S10	50m freestyle	24.77	2 Q	24.64
		100m freestyle	55.07	4 Q	54.22
		400m freestyle	4:29.36	10	did not advance
Danielson Santos	S6	50m freestyle	37.13	15	did not advance
	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:36.05	6 Q	1:36.51	7
Joon Seo	S4	50m backstroke	56.70	11	did not advance
		200m freestyle	3:59.65	10	did not advance
Clodoaldo Silva	S5	50m backstroke	48.16	11	did not advance
		50m butterfly	44.75	7 Q	45.74	8
		50m freestyle	34.86	3 Q	35.22	7
		100m freestyle	1:18.81	5 Q	1:21.14	6
		200m freestyle	—		2:50.89	5
Luis Silva	S6	50m butterfly	36.24	8 Q	37.90	8
		50m freestyle	35.67	14	did not advance
Gledson Soares	S8	100m backstroke	1:19.13	14	did not advance
	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:41.27	9	did not advance
	SM7	200m individual medley	3:08.72	12	did not advance
Ivanildo Vasconcelos	SB4	100m breaststroke	1:49.38	6 Q	1:47.86	6
	SM5	200m individual medley	3:42.56	6 Q	3:30.58	6
Daniel Dias Adriano Lima Joon Seo Clodoaldo Silva	N/A	4x50m freestyle relay	—		2:30.17
André Brasil Mauro Brasil Daniel Dias Phelipe Rodrigues	N/A	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		3:55.78	4
Francisco Avelino Adriano Lima Clodoaldo Silva Ivanildo Vasconcelos	N/A	4x50m medley relay	2:54.05	2 Q	2:39.31
André Brasil Marcelo Collet Daniel Dias Phelipe Rodrigues	N/A	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:41.04	8 Q	4:40.01	8

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Verônica Almeida	S7	50m butterfly	40.19	5 Q	38.49
Rildene Firmino	SM4	150m individual medley	—		4:05.00	6
Edênia Garcia	S4	50m freestyle	—		53.28
		100m freestyle	1:59.11	4 Q	1:58.02	4
Valeria Lira	S8	100m butterfly	1:32.58	11	did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:46.96	8 Q	5:48.87	8
Fabiana Sugimori	S11	50m freestyle	32.90	3 Q	32.45
		100m freestyle	1:15.24	8 Q	1:13.40	6

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexandre Ank	Men's singles C4-5	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	—	3	did not advance
Iranildo Espindola	Men's singles C2	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 3–1	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 3-2	2	did not advance
Ivanildo Pessoa Freitas	Men's singles C4-5	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-3	—	3	did not advance
Welder Knaf	Men's singles C3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-3	—	3	did not advance
Hemerson Kovalski	Men's singles C2	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	4	did not advance
Carlo Franco Michell	Men's singles C6	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-3	4	did not advance
Claudiomiro Segatto	Men's singles C4-5	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 3-0	—	2	did not advance
Luiz Algacir Silva	Men's singles C3	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 3-0	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-3	—	1 Q	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 3-0	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 3-0	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carollina Maldonado	Women's singles C9	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 3-1	3	did not advance
Maria Luíza Passos	Women's singles C5	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0–3	4	did not advance
Jane Karla Rodrigues	Women's singles C8	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	4	did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Iranildo Espindola Hemerson Kovalski	Men's team C1-2	—	Template:FlagIPCteam L 1-3	did not advance
Welder Knaf Luiz Algacir Silva	Men's team C3	—	Template:FlagIPCteam W 3-0	Template:FlagIPCteam W 3-2	Template:FlagIPCteam L 1-3
Alexandre Ank Ivanildo Pessoa Freitas Claudiomiro Segatto	Men's team C4-5	Template:FlagIPCteam L 1-3	did not advance
Carollina Maldonado Jane Karla Rodrigues	Women's team C6-10	—	Template:FlagIPCteam L 0-3	did not advance

Volleyball

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals, they were 6th out of 8 teams.

Players

• Wellington Anunciação
• Samuel Arantes
• Giovani Freitas
• Guilherme Gomes
• Renato Leite
• Rodrigo Mello
• Wescley Oliveira
• Diogo Rebolcas
• Deivisson Santos
• Cláudio Silva
• Daniel Silva
• Gilberto Silva

Tournament

7 September 2008 19:30	Template:FlagIPCteam	0–3	Template:FlagIPCteam	Template:Br separated entries
	(8–25, 14–25, 17–25) [{{{report}}} Report]

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8 September 2008 15:30	Template:FlagIPCteam	3–0	Template:FlagIPCteam	Template:Br separated entries
	(25–9, 25–11, 25–8) [{{{report}}} Report]

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9 September 2008 19:30	Template:FlagIPCteam	3-0	Template:FlagIPCteam	Template:Br separated entries
	(25–20, 25–17, 25–10) [{{{report}}} Report]

5th-8th Classification Semifinals

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	(13–25, 25–20, 16–25, 18–25) [{{{report}}} Report]

5th/6th Classification

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	(18–25, 25–23, 18–25, 19–25) [{{{report}}} Report]

Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

The men's team didn't win any medals; they were 9th out of 12 teams.

Players

• Sérgio Alexandre
• Everaldo Lima
• Leandro Mirando
• Irio Nunes
• Nilton Pessoa
• Heriberto Rocha
• Douglas Silva
• Erick Silva
• José Marcos Silva
• José Ricardo Silva
• Gelson Silva Jr
• Francisco Silva Sandoval

Results

7 September 2008 13:30

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73–72

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National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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8 September 2008 10:00

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41–87

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National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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9 September 2008 9:00

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73–60

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National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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10 September 2008 20:45

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53–69

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National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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11 September 2008 18:30

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46–65

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National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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Classification round semifinals

12 September 2008 9:00

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Scoring by quarter: 25 - 11, 16 - 12, 16 - 16, 18 - 17

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 8854 Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (Canada)

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Ninth place classification

16 September 2008 11:15

Template:FlagIPC	46–68	Template:FlagIPC
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 19, 11 - 18, 9 - 19, 9 - 12

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11204 Referees: Bill Kuerzi (United States)

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Women's tournament

The women's team didn't win any medals; they were 10th out of 10 teams.

Players

• Vileide Almeida
• Mônica Andrade Santos
• Débora Costa
• Andreia Cristina Farias
• Helena Ferrão
• Elizabeth Gomes
• Naildes Mafra
• Jucilene Moraes
• Ozineide Pantoja
• Cleonete Reis
• Rosália Silva Ramos
• Lia Soares Martins

Results

7 September 2008 15:30

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Scoring by quarter: 17 - 6, 17 - 6, 16 - 8, 12 - 12

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 2443 Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (Netherlands)

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8 September 2008 13:30

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30–66

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National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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9 September 2008 17:45

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61–29

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Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium, Beijing

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11 September 2008 9:00

Template:FlagIPC	38–68	Template:FlagIPC
Scoring by quarter: 6 - 20, 13 - 18, 9 - 13, 10 - 17

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 7684 Referees: Ziv Radomsky (Israel)

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9-10th classification

14 September 2008 13:30

Template:FlagIPC	54–44	Template:FlagIPC
Scoring by quarter: 16 - 12, 8 - 11, 18 - 12, 12 - 9

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (Czech Republic)

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Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Maurício Pommê	Open	Men's singles	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1–6, 3-6	did not advance
Carlos Santos			Template:FlagIPCathlete W 7–6, 7-5	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0–6, 1-6	did not advance
Maurício Pommê Carlos Santos		Men's doubles	—	Template:FlagIPCathlete / Template:FlagIPCathlete L 2–6, 7–5, 1-6	did not advance

See also

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Brazil at the Paralympics
• Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee