Brazil at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
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.
Team
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 will be participating 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] |
History
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]
Results
Cross-country skiing
- Men
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 | N/A | 46:35.2 | 43:47.5 | 6 | |||||
1.1km sprint, sitting | 3:29.96 | 3:17.36 | 15 | N/A | |||||||
7.5km, sitting | N/A | 25:12.3 | 23:41.6 | 9 |
- Women
Athlete | Class | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Real time | Calculated time | Rank | Real time | Calculated time | Rank | Real time | Calculated time | Rank | |||
Aline Rocha | LW11 | 12km, sitting | N/A | 49:19.9 | 46:22.3 | 15 | |||||
1.1km sprint, sitting | 4:39.92 | 4:23.13 | 22 | N/A | |||||||
5km, sitting | N/A | 20:37.7 | 19:23.4 | 12 |
- Relay
Athletes | Event | Final | |
---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | ||
Aline Rocha Cristian Ribera |
4 x 2.5km mixed relay | 32:16.7 | 13 |
Snowboarding
- Banked slalom
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andre Cintra | Men's banked slalom, SB-LL1 | 1:35.18 | 1:07.88 | 1:08.53 | 1:07.88 | 10 |
- Snowboard cross
Athlete | Event | Seeding | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
References
- "Aline Rocha é a primeira mulher do Brasil em Jogos Paralímpicos de Inverno - Notícias - CPB". cpb.org.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- "Aline Rocha se classifica para os Jogos Paralímpicos de Inverno". Terra (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- "Brasil terá 1ª mulher nos Paralímpicos de Inverno". Bar de Batom (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2018-02-17. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- "Ser "coringa": trunfo de Aline Rocha para "unificar" Paralimpíadas". Portal Brasil 2016 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- "Atleta do Peama se classifica para Jogos Paralímpicos de Inverno". Prefeitura de Jundiaí (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- "Fã de jogos escolares, Aline Rocha tenta ser a primeira brasileira na Paralimpíada de Inverno". Portal Brasil 2016 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-02-16.