Brazil at the Paralympics


Brazil made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, sending representatives to compete in track and field, archery, swimming and wheelchair basketball. The country has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since.
Until the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Brazilians have won a total of 467 Paralympic medals, of which 135 golds, 161 silvers and 171 bronzes. This places the country 16th on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.
Brazil's first delegations experienced little success. No medals were won in 1972, and the country's only medal in 1976 was a silver, in the men's pairs in lawn bowls. There were no medals either in 1980, but Brazilian Paralympians found notable success as from 1984, where they obtained their first gold: M. Ferraz won five silver medals and one gold in track and field; Márcia Malsar took three medals in athletics, of which the first gold for a Brazilian athlete; Luiz Cláudio Pereira won four medals, of which two gold, in track and field; as did Amintas Piedade. Swimmer Maria Jussara Matas obtained three medals, of which one gold, while Marcelo Amorim won four medals, also in swimming.
Pereira won three of Brazil's four gold medals in 1988, the fourth coming from swimmer Graciana Moreira Alves. In 1992, four Brazilian athletes each won a gold medal in track and field, while the country's two gold in 1996 were won in swimming and Judo. Da Silva took another gold in 2000, adding to Brazil's four golds in track and field and one in swimming that year. The 2004 Games saw the country's best result to date, with fourteen gold medals, of which five in athletics. Swimmer Clodoaldo Silva became Brazil's most successful Paralympian in history, winning six gold medals in the pool, and Brazil also started the men's football 5-a-side dominination, defeating Argentina in a penalty shoot-out in the final. In 2008, athletics provided another four gold medals, boccia two, Judo one, and swimming eight. In football, Brazil finished fourth in the 7-a-side event, with losses to Ukraine and Iran in the final round. The country did, however, successfully defend for the first time its Paralympic title in 5-a-side football, defeating China 2–1 in the final.
Brazil debuted at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, sending two athletes. This made Brazil the second tropical nation ever to have competed at the Winter Paralympics, after Uganda and the third country in South America to have done so, the others being Chile and Argentina.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

This are the historical medal table for Brasil at the Summer Paralympics. This medal table also includes the 5 medals won at the 1992 Summer Paralympics for Intellectually Disabled, held in Madrid, who also organized by then International Coordenation Committee and same Organizing Committee who made the gestion of the 1992 Summer Paralympics held in Barcelona and also part of same event. But the results are not on the International Paralympic Committee 's database.

Medals by Sport 1960–2024

Best results in non-medalling sports:

Multi-medalists

Brazilian athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five or more medals of any colour.
No.AthleteSportYearsGamesGenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Daniel Dias2008-20204M147627
2André Brasil2008-20163M75214
3Clodoaldo Silva2000-20165M65213
4Carol Santiago2020-20242F63110
5Luiz Cláudio Pereira1984-19923M6309
6Gabriel Araújo2020-20242M5106
7Ádria Santos1988-20086F47112
8Antônio Tenório Silva1996-20166M4116
9Dirceu Pinto2008-20163M4105
10Jefinho2008-20245M4015
10Ricardinho2008-20245M4015
12Damião Robson2004-20204M4004
12Marcos Felipe2004-20164M4004
14Terezinha Guilhermina2004-20164F3238
15Petrúcio Ferreira2016-20243M3205
15Lucas Prado2008-20163M3205
17Claudiney Batista2012-20244M3104
182012-20244M3014
18Raimundo Nonato2012-20244M3014
18Yeltsin Jacques2016-20243M3014
21Fábio Vasconcelos2004-20123M3003
21Gledson Barros2012-20203M3003
21Severino da Silva2004-20123M3003
24Felipe Gomes2008-20245M2316
25Talisson Glock2016-20243M2259
26Jerusa Geber dos Santos2008-20245F2226
27Luis Silva2000-20083M1517
28Miracema Ferraz19841F1506
29Adriano Lima1996-20125M1438
30Gabriel Bandeira2020-20242M1337
31Yohansson Nascimento2008-20163M1315
32Phelipe Rodrigues2008-20245M0639
33Odair Santos2004-20164M0549