Maciel Santos Explained

Maciel Santos
Fullname:Maciel Sousa Santos
Birth Date:5 September 1985
Birth Place:Crateús, Ceará, Brazil
Sport:Boccia
Disability Class:BC2

Maciel Sousa Santos (born 5 September 1985) is a Brazilian boccia player.

Santos started playing boccia at the age of eleven and was already competing internationally at fourteen. He trains daily for six to eight hours.[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, he won the gold medal by defeating Yan Zhiqiang in the Individual BC2 event. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, he won the bronze medal in the same event.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletes: Maciel Santos. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 31 August 2021. 1 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210901020743/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/boccia/athlete-profile-n1338011-santos-maciel.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: The BISFed World Ranking as of 12TH August 2015. BISFed. 13 August 2015. 1 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160901194358/http://www.bisfed.com/world-ranking-2/. dead.