Fábio da Silva Bordignon explained

Fábio da Silva Bordignon
Birth Date:1992 6, df=yes
Country:Brazil
Sport:Para-athletics
Disability Class:T35

Fábio da Silva Bordignon (born 20 June 1992) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete competing in T35-classification events.[1] He won two silver medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He also represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

He represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medals in both the men's 100 metres T35 and men's 200 metres T35 events.[1] In both events, the gold and bronze medals were won by Ihor Tsvietov and Hernan Barreto respectively.

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, United Kingdom, he won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres T35 event with a time of 26.94.[2] [3]

At the 2019 Parapan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T35 event and the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres T35 event. At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, he finished in 4th place in both the men's 100 metres T35 and men's 200 metres T35 events.[4] [5]

He won two bronze medals at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships held in Paris, France.

Achievements

Representing
2016Summer ParalympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazilbgcolor=silver 2nd100 m12.66s
bgcolor=silver 2nd200 m26.01s
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdombgcolor=cc9966 3rd200 m26.94s
2019Parapan American GamesLima, Perubgcolor=gold 1st100 m
bgcolor=cc9966 3rd200 m
2023World ChampionshipsParis, Francebgcolor=cc9966 3rd100 m12.59s
bgcolor=cc9966 3rd200 m25.40s

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fabio da Silva Bordignon . paralympic.org . 26 December 2019 . International Paralympic Committee.
  2. Web site: 2017 World Para Athletics Championships - Results - Men's 200m T35 Final . 20 July 2017 . 19 July 2017 . IPC.
  3. News: Australian teenager steals show on day six of World Para Athletics Championships . Etchells . Daniel . 19 July 2017 . InsideTheGames.biz . 3 January 2020 .
  4. Web site: Men's 100 metres – Final . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200719105752/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resATDU19/pdf/ATDU19/AT/ATDU19_AT_C73A_ATM135101.pdf . 19 July 2020 . 19 July 2020 . 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.
  5. Web site: Men's 200 metres – Final . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191111114131/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resATDU19/pdf/ATDU19/AT/ATDU19_AT_C73A_ATM235101.pdf . 11 November 2019 . 19 July 2020 . 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.