Zileide Cassiano da Silva explained

Zileide Cassiano
Full Name:	Zileide Cassiano da Silva
Birth Date:	6 February 1998
Birth Place:	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Sport:	Para athletics
Disability Class:	T20
Event:	Long jump

Zileide Cassiano da Silva (born 6 February 1998) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete who competes in international track and field competitions, she is a World champion in the long jump. She is a multiple regional and national champion in sprinting events, long jump and triple jump, she is a former hurdler. She has qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Cassiano had been training with non-disabled athletes before she was diagnosed with an intellectual disability in 2021. She is named after Brazilian journalist Zileide Silva inspired by her father.^[5]

External links

• Zileide Cassiano da Silva at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 22 June 2024. Zileide Cassiano da Silva - Brazilian Paralympic Committee (in Portuguese). Brazilian Paralympic Committee.
2. Web site: 22 June 2024. Zileide Cassiano - World Athletics. World Athletics.
3. Web site: 18 July 2023. Brazilians dominated T20 events medal tally at Paris 23. virtus.sport.
4. Web site: 17 May 2024. Zileide Cassiano wins gold at the World Para Athletics Championships in Japan (in Portuguese). Ribeirao Preto.
5. Web site: 9 October 2023. The father, the reporter and the medalist: the story of the para-athlete Zileide Cassiano, revelation in the long jump (in Portuguese). ge.globo.com.