Brazil at the Rio 2016 Paralympics

Daniel Dias competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow © • Luc Percival

·Hosts Brazil has claimed 230 medals at the Paralympic Summer Games: G73-S83-B74.

·London 2012 were Brazil's most successful Paralympic Games to date, winning 21 gold medals (S14-B8).

·The NPC made its debut at the Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games.

·In its first three participations at the Games (1972, 1976, 1980), Brazil claimed only one medal: silver at Toronto 1976 (men's pairs WH lawn bowls).

·Brazil is in 27th place on the Summer Games' all-time medal table.

·Brazil are the host for these Paralympic Games as the event is held in Rio de Janeiro.

·The NPC has been most successful in athletics, claiming 32 gold, 47 silver and 31 bronze medals.

·At the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Brazil claimed its most ever gold medals in athletics (G7). For the Rio 2016 Games, five Brazilians competing in athletics are on the IPC's ones-to-watch list: Terezinha Guilhermina, Veronica Silva Hipolito, Yohansson Nascimento, Petruccio Ferreira and Felipe Gomes.

·Swimmer Daniel Dias is Brazil's most successful Paralympian in individual events: G10-S3.

·Dias won six gold medals four years ago in London, all in world-record times. At Beijing 2008 he became the most decorated athlete claiming nine medals in total (G4-S4-B1).

·At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Dias claimed seven world titles to bring his total to a staggering 24.

·Fellow swimmer Andre Brasil is also one to watch in Rio. He collected seven gold and three silver medals in total at the last two Paralympic Games, all in S10 events.

·Boccia player Dirceu Pinto is the two-time defending Paralympic champion in both the individual and pairs BC4 events.

·Nine of the previous 15 hosts have claimed their best rank in the medal table while hosting the Paralympic Games: Italy (1st, 1960), Israel (3rd, 1968), (West) Germany (1st, 1972), Great Britain (2nd, 1984), United States (1st, 1984 & 1996), South Korea (7th, 1988), Australia (1st, 2000) and China (1st, 2008).

·On five previous occasions the host claimed its best gold medal haul while hosting the Games: Italy (1960), Great Britain (1984), United States (1984), South Korea (1988) and Australia (2000).

·Globo TV is the rights holding broadcaster in Brazil for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. More information can be found at Globo TV's website.

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Medal Table Paralympic Games

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Total	73	83	74	230
2012	21	14	8	43
2008	16	14	17	47
2004	14	12	7	33
2000	6	10	6	22
1996	2	6	13	21
1992	3	0	4	7
1988	4	9	15	28
1984	7	17	4	28
1976	0	1	0	1

London 2012 gold medallists

Athlete	Sport	Gold
Daniel Dias	Swimming	6
Andre Brasil	Swimming	3
Dirceu Pinto	Boccia	2
Terezinha Guilhermina	Athletics	2
Alan Oliveira	Athletics	1
Cassio Lopes	Football 5-A-Side	1
Daniel Dantas da Silva	Football 5-A-Side	1
Eliseu Dos Santos	Boccia	1
Emerson Carvalho	Football 5-A-Side	1
Fabio Vasconcelos	Football 5-A-Side	1
Felipe Da Souza Gomes	Athletics	1
Gleidson Da Paixão Barros	Football 5-A-Side	1
Jeferson Da Conceicao	Football 5-A-Side	1
Jovane Silva Guissone	Wheelchair fencing	1
Maciel Santos	Boccia	1
Marcos Alves Felipe	Football 5-A-Side	1
Raimundo Alves Mendes	Football 5-A-Side	1
Ricardo Steinmetz Alves	Football 5-A-Side	1
Severino Silva	Football 5-A-Side	1
Shirlene Coelho	Athletics	1
Tito Sena	Athletics	1
Yohansson Nascimento	Athletics	1