Evolução histórica da participação do Brasil nos jogos paralímpicos de verão

Luiz Gustavo Teixeira Fabrício dos Santos; João Paulo  Casteleti de Sousa; Luis Felipe Castelli Correia de Campos; Jonas  Freire; Alberto Martins da Costa; Mizael  Conrado; Thiago Fernando Lourenço

doi:10.6063/motricidade.27011

Historical evolution of Brazil's participation in the summer paralympic games

Authors

Luiz Gustavo Teixeira Fabrício dos Santos Paralympic Education – CPB, Brazil, Department of Education Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3762-551X
João Paulo Casteleti de Sousa Brazilian Paralympic Committee - BPC/Brazil,Paralympic Education – CPB, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3695-6456
Luis Felipe Castelli Correia de Campos Paralympic Education – BPC, Brazil, Department of Education Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7771-6486
Jonas Freire Brazilian Paralympic Committee - BPC/Brazil, Paralympic Education – BPC, Brazil
Alberto Martins da Costa Brazilian Paralympic Committee - BPC/Brazil, Paralympic Education – BPC, Brazil
Mizael Conrado Brazilian Paralympic Committee - BPC/Brazil, Paralympic Education – BPC, Brazil
Thiago Fernando Lourenço Brazilian Paralympic Committee - BPC/Brazil, Paralympic Education – BPC, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1518-9021

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.27011

Keywords:

Paralympic games, Adapted sports, Paralympic Movement

Abstract

This paper aimed to characterise Brazilian participation in the Summer Paralympic Games between 1976-2020 and relate it to the historical-national, political and Brazilian Paralympic Committee's strategic plan for the paralympic cycles. This paper also intended to compare Brazilian's results with the best-ranked countries in Rio 2016. Until 2020, the Brazilian delegation was represented by 774 athletes, 251 of whom were medalists (70.9% men and 29.1% women) in 17 different sports, four collective and thirteen individuals. Regarding disability type, 64.9% of the medalist athletes have a physical impairment, 32.3% visual impairment and 2.8% intellectual impairment. During the analysed period, Brazil won 373 medals: 109 gold (29.2%), 132 silver (35.4%) and 132 bronze (35.4%). In conclusion, it is possible to highlight that the improvement in public policies, strategic plans and investments has favoured Brazilian's results. In the last four Paralympic cycles, Brazil could consolidate itself, winning the largest number of medals in 2016 and reaching third place in accumulated growth (3.2%) between 1988-2020, surpassed only by China and Ukraine.

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2022-09-30

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dos Santos, L. G. T. F., Casteleti de Sousa, J. P. ., Correia de Campos, L. F. C., Freire, J. ., Martins da Costa, A., Conrado, M. ., & Fernando Lourenço, T. (2022). Historical evolution of Brazil’s participation in the summer paralympic games. Motricidade, 18(3), 438–448. https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.27011

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Vol. 18 No. 3 (2022): Motricidade

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