| Susana Carvalheira Barroso | |
| Fullname: | Susana Cristina Carvalheira Barroso |
| Sport: | Paralympic swimming |
| Disability: | Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease |
| Disability Class: | S3 |
| Birth Date: | 10 June 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Residence: | Odivelas, Portugal |
Susana Cristina Carvalheira Barroso (born 10 June 1974) is a retired Portuguese Paralympic swimmer and boccia player who competes in international level events. She was the first Portuguese swimmers to win a medal in swimming at the Summer Paralympics and was the most medalled female Paralympian for her country.[1] [2]
Barroso had a fourteen-year swimming career starting in 1991 where she won a bronze medal in a European swimming championships for disabled swimmers and retired from swimming in 2005. She played boccia two years after her retirement and returned to the Paralympics eight years later at the 2012 Summer Paralympics when she competed in boccia where she did not medal in her event.[3]