Miguel Monteiro (athlete) explained

Miguel Monteiro
Nationality:	Portuguese
Residence:	Mangualde
Birth Date:	23 December 2000
Birth Place:	Viseu, Portugal
Country:	Portugal
Sport:	Paralympic athletics
Event:	Shot put
Club:	Casa do Povo de Mangualde
Turnedpro:	2016
Disability Class:	F40
Disability:	short stature (achondroplasia)
Coach:	Joao Amaral Mendes

Miguel Monteiro (born 23 December 2000) is a Portuguese Paralympic athlete specializing in shot put. He represented Portugal at the Paralympic Games.^[1]

Career

Monteiro represented Portugal in the men's shot put F40 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal.^[2]

He qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics by winning a bronze medal in the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's shot put.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miguel Monteiro . Paralympic.org . . 29 August 2021.
2. Web site: Miguel Monteiro . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 29 August 2021 . 29 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210829042157/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1304178-monteiro-miguel.htm . dead .
3. Web site: UAveiro student is the first Portuguese to qualify for the 2024 Paralympic Games . . 19 May 2024 . en . 12 July 2023.