Lenine Cunha

Lenine Cunha
Personal information
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1982-12-04) 4 December 1982
Mafamude, Portugal
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryPortugal
SportTrack and field
(T20)
Event
long jump
ClubSport Club Lenine Cunha
Coached byJose Costa Pereira
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Portugal
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonLong jump - F20
IPC World Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 ChristchurchLong jump - T20
Bronze medal – third place2013 LyonLong jump - T20
Gold medal – first place2015 DohaTriple jump - T20
IPC European Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 SwanseaLong jump - T20
Bronze medal – third place2012 StadskanaalLong jump - T20
Bronze medal – third place2016 GrossetoLong jump - T20

Lenine Cunha (born 4 December 1982) is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal who competes in T20 classification long jump and triple jump events.[1] Cunha represented Portugal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, in both the long jump and the 100 metre sprint. It would be 12 years until Cunha could again compete at the Paralympics due to the T20 classification being removed from the program due to a scandal at the 2000 Games. With the reintroduction of the T20 class at the 2012 London Games he finished third to take the bronze medal in the long jump. In 2015 Cunha won the gold medal in the triple jump at the IPC World Championships in Doha.[2]

In 2024, during the Paralympic Games, Lenine Cunha was elected to the IPC Athletes' Council, being the one with the most votes and the first on the Council with an intellectual disability. He and the other 5 newly elected athletes participated in the closing ceremony of the Games.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Cunha, Lenine". paralympic.org. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Cunha, Lenine". IPC. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Paris 2024: New IPC Athletes' Council elected". International Paralympic Committee. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Mazumdar, Mousumi (6 September 2024). "Lenine Cunha Elected To The IPC Athletes' Council With Highest Votes". Virtus Sport. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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