Jardênia Félix Explained

Jardênia Félix
Full Name:Jardênia Félix Barbosa da Silva
Birth Date:9 September 2003
Birth Place:Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Sport:Paralympic athletics
Disability Class:T20

Jardênia Félix Barbosa da Silva (born 9 September 2003), commonly known as Jardênia Félix, is a Brazilian para-athlete who competes in T20 events. She has represented Brazil in several national and international events, such as the Summer Paralympics, the World Para Athletics Championships, and the World Para Athletics Grand Prix, among others.

Early life

Jardênia Félix Barbosa da Silva was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte on 9 September 2003. In 2016, she began competing in able-bodied athletics and the following year, she switched to para-athletics after her coach identified some signs of intellectual disability.

Career

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships, Félix won the silver medal at the 400m event. Two months later, at the 2019 INAS Global Games, she won a bronze medal in the 100m and 200m events.[1] [2] After these achievements, she rose to 3rd place in the world rankings in her category.[3]

At the age of 17, Félix won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the 400 metres event, recording her best time of 57:43.[4] [5] She also competed in the long jump, finishing in fifth place with a then career-best time of 5.29 metres, breaking the Americas record in the process.[6] [7]

In June 2022, during the 2nd Phase of the National Athletics Circuit, at the Paralympic Training Centre, in São Paulo, Félix jumped 5.71 metres and set the best mark in the Americas in the long jump of the T20 class, surpassing her own record of 5.69 metres.[8] In September of the same year, at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix, in Marrakesh, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the long jump.[9] In the 400 metres, she took silver in a group event of the T13/20/37 classes.[10]

In July 2023, at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, France, she won bronze in the long jump and, together with Zileide Cassiano da Silva who took silver, achieved a double on the podium, an unprecedented feat for the country.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guia de Imprensa . 13 August 2021 . 3 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Jardênia Félix ganha Bronze em Tóquio nos 400 metros T200 . agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br . 31 August 2021 . 3 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Brasil conquista 18 medalhas no INAS Global Games, em Brisbane, na Austrália . . 5 October 2023 . 24 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005195140/https://cpb.org.br/noticias/brasil-conquista-18-medalhas-no-inas-global-games-em-brisbane-na-australia/ . 5 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Athletics: FELIX BARBOSA da SILVA, Jardenia . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 9 September 2021 . 9 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210909140011/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1377756-felix-barbosa-da-silva-jardenia.htm . dead .
  5. Web site: No dia do 100º ouro, Brasil iguala quantidade de campeões paralímpicos do Rio 2016 . . 5 October 2023 . 31 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005163144/https://cpb.org.br/noticias/no-dia-do-100o-ouro-brasil-iguala-quantidade-de-campeoes-paralimpicos-do-rio-2016/ . 5 October 2023.
  6. Web site: T20 results . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 3 September 2021 . 3 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210903113837/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73P_ATHWLONGJUMP20010-----FNL-000100--.pdf . dead.
  7. Web site: Brasil conquista mais um ouro inédito em Tóquio, chega a 21 pódios dourados e iguala desempenho histórico de Londres 2012 . . 5 October 2023 . 3 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005163410/https://cpb.org.br/noticias/brasil-conquista-mais-um-ouro-inedito-em-toquio-chega-a-21-podios-dourados-e-iguala-desempenho-historico-de-londres-2012/ . 5 October 2023.
  8. Web site: Jardênia Félix bate recorde das Américas no salto em distância na 2ª Fase do Circuito Nacional de atletismo . . 5 October 2023 . 19 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005165106/https://cpb.org.br/noticias/jardenia-felix-bate-recorde-das-americas-no-salto-em-distancia-na-2a-fase-do-circuito-nacional-de-atletismo/ . 5 October 2023.
  9. Web site: Brasil conquista dobradinha em pódio dos 200 m feminino durante 2º dia do Grand Prix de atletismo paralímpico em Marrakech . . 5 October 2023 . 16 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005170250/https://cpb.org.br/noticias/brasil-conquista-dobradinha-em-podio-dos-200-m-feminino-durante-2o-dia-do-grand-prix-de-atletismo-paralimpico-em-marrakech/ . 5 October 2023.
  10. Web site: Brasil termina na liderança do quadro de medalhas do Grand Prix de atletismo paralímpico em Marrakech . . 5 October 2023 . 17 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005170549/https://cpb.org.br/noticias/brasil-termina-na-lideranca-do-quadro-de-medalhas-do-grand-prix-de-atletismo-paralimpico-em-marrakech/ . 5 October 2023.
  11. Web site: Em feito inédito, Brasil passa a China a um dia do final do Mundial de atletismo de Paris . . 5 October 2023 . 16 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005142301/https://cpb.org.br/noticias/em-feito-inedito-brasil-passa-a-china-a-um-dia-do-final-do-mundial-de-atletismo-de-paris/ . 5 October 2023.

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