Fernando Rufino
Rufino in September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Cowboy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 May 1985 Eldorado, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paracanoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | KL2, VL2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fernando Rufino de Paulo (born 22 May 1985) is a Brazilian paracanoeist. He represented Brazil at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Career
[edit]Rufino represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the men's VL2 event and won a gold medal. He again represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the men's VL2 event and won a gold medal.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fernando Rufino de Paulo". canoeicf.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Canoe Sprint:Fernando Rufino de Paulo". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Kajiyama, Shuji (4 September 2021). "Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Canoe Sprint". New Castle News. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Fernando Rufino de Paulo at the International Canoe Federation
- Fernando Rufino de Paulo at the International Paralympic Committee
- Fernando Rufino de Paulo at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link, alternate link 2)
- Fernando Rufino at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)