Luis Cardoso da Silva
Personal information
Full nameLuis Carlos Cardoso da Silva
Born11 December 1984 (1984-12-11) (age 39)
Picos, Brazil
Sport
SportParacanoe
Disability classKL1, VL2
Medal record
Men's paracanoeing
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoKL1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 MoscowV–1 A
Gold medal – first place2015 MilanKL1
Gold medal – first place2015 MilanVL1
Gold medal – first place2016 DuisburgVL1
Gold medal – first place2017 RačiceVL1
Gold medal – first place2019 SzegedVL2
Silver medal – second place2012 PoznańV–1 A
Silver medal – second place2018 Montemor-o-VelhoVL2
Silver medal – second place2021 CopenhagenKL1
Silver medal – second place2022 DartmouthKL1
Bronze medal – third place2016 DuisburgKL1
Bronze medal – third place2017 RačiceKL1
Bronze medal – third place2018 Montemor-o-VelhoKL1
Bronze medal – third place2019 SzegedKL1
Bronze medal – third place2023 DuisburgKL1

Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva (born 11 December 1984) is a Brazilian paracanoeist. He is a six-time world champion.[1]

Career

Silva won his fifth world championship in 2017 in the men's VL1 event, surpassing Fernando Fernandes de Pádua for the most by a Brazilian.[2]

Silva represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the men's KL1 event and finished in fourth place with a time 51.631.[3] He again represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the men's KL1 event and finished with a time of 48.031 and won a silver medal.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva". canoeicf.com. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva finds Rio redemption". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Canoe Sprint - CARDOSO da SILVA Luis Carlos". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 4 September 2021. Date of Birth: 11 Dec 1984, Place of birth: PICOS
  5. ↑ "Hungary's Peter Kiss seals first gold medal of the canoe sprint competition at Tokyo 2020". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.


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