Felipe Gomes (sprinter)

Felipe Gomes
Gomes at the 2013 IPC World Championships
Personal information
Full nameFelipe de Sousa Gomes
Born (1986-04-26) 26 April 1986
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sport
Country Brazil
SportPara athletics
T11
Event
Sprint
ClubSuperar Institute
Coached byDiogo Cardoso da Silva
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 London200m - T11
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio4 x 100 m relay T11-13
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio100 m T11
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio200 m T11
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio400 m T11
Bronze medal – third place2012 London100m - T11
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Doha200m - T11
Gold medal – first place2023 Paris400m - T11
Silver medal – second place2006 Assen4x100m relay - T11-13
Silver medal – second place2013 Lyon100m - T11
Silver medal – second place2015 Doha100m - T11
Bronze medal – third place2024 Kobe400m - T11
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Toronto400m - T11
Silver medal – second place2007 Rio100m - T11
Silver medal – second place2015 Toronto200m - T11
Silver medal – second place2019 Lima100m - T11
Silver medal – second place2019 Lima400m - T11
Bronze medal – third place2007 Rio200m - T11

Felipe de Sousa Gomes (born 26 April 1986),[1] known as Felipe Gomes, is a Paralympic athlete from Brazil. He mainly competes in category T11 sprint events.[2] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London he took the gold in the T11 200m sprint.

Career history

Gomes first competed in a Summer Paralympics in 2008 when he attended the games in Beijing. There he reached the finals of the 100m finishing eighth and although qualifying past the first round of the 200m he did not start the semi-finals due to injury. He was also part of the men's 4 × 100 m relay, though the team was disqualified in their first heat, and although scheduled to participate in the triple jump his injury forced him to retire before the event began. Four years later Gomes was reselected for Brazil when he competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. There he entered both the 100m and 200m T11 sprint events. He took bronze in the 100m and gold in the 200m.

In 2013, Gomes again represented Brazil when he attended the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France. There he entered the 100m sprint, finishing second to take the silver medal.[2]

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Gomes earned a gold medal in the T11-13 4 × 100 m relay and silver medals in the T11 100m, T11 200m and T11 400m events.[3][4] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he competed in the T11 100m and T11 400m events. At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Gomes competed in the T11 100m and T11 400m events.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Felipe de Souza Gomes". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 6 October 2024. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
  2. 1 2 "DA SOUZA GOMES Felipe". infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Felipe Gomes". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Leonardo, Maior (11 September 2016). "Com excelente largada, Felipe Gomes garante medalha de prata nos 100 metros T11" [With an excellent start, Felipe Gomes secures silver medal in the 100 meters T11]. Extra. O Globo. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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