Marcio Santos

Swimming

Biography

Type of Impairment

Vision impairment

Origin of Impairment

Acquired

Classification

S11, SB11, SM11

Family

Two children

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

Portuguese

When and where did you begin this sport?

He took up Para swimming in 2012.

Club / Team

Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana [PUCPR]: Curitiba, BRA

Name of coach

Leonardo Tomasello Araujo [national], BRA

Ambitions

To compete at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, and the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 09 Dec 2018)

Impairment

He lost the vision in both of his eyes due to an illness. (marciosantos.esp.br, 09 Mar 2016)