Roseane Santos Explained

Full Name:Roseane Ferreira dos Santos
Birth Place:Maceió, Brazil
Sport:Para athletics
Event:Discus throw, Shot put
Disability Class:F58
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Roseane Ferreira dos Santos (born 15 October 1971) is a paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category F58 throwing events.

Roseane first competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics winning a gold in both the discus and shot put and finished fifth in the javelin. Despite competing in the shot and discus in 2004 and 2008 these would prove to be her only medals.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=all&games=all&Medal=all&npc=all&name=Santos%20Ferreira&fname=Roseane&gender=all profile on paralympic.org