Brazil made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, sending representatives to compete in track and field, para-archery, para swimming and wheelchair basketball. The country has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since.Brazil at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

As of 2026, Brazilian athletes have won a total of 467 Paralympic medals, among them 466 medals in 19 different Summer sports and 1 in a Winter sport, of which 135 gold, 161 silver and 171 bronze medals. This places the country 22nd 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 (through Robson S. Almeida and Luiz Carlos Costa). 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 para-athletics, of which the first gold for a Brazilian para athlete; Luiz Cláudio Pereira won four medals, of which two gold, in track and field; as did Amintas Piedade. Para swimmer Maria Jussara Matas obtained three medals, of which one gold, while Marcelo Amorim won four medals (three silver and a bronze), also in para swimming.

Pereira won three of Brazil's four gold medals in 1988, the fourth coming from para swimmer Graciana Moreira Alves. In 1992, four Brazilian para athletes each won a gold medal in track and field, while the country's two gold in 1996 were won in para swimming, with José Arnulfo Medeiros and para judo, with Antônio Tenório. Da Silva took another gold in 2000, adding to Brazil's four golds in track and field and one in para swimming that year. At the 2004 Games there were fourteen gold medals, of which five in para-athletics. Para 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 the 7-a-side event, Brazil finished second, after a 1–4 defeat to Ukraine.

At the 2008 edition, para-athletics provided another four gold medals, boccia two, para judo one, and para swimming eight (four each from Daniel Dias and André Brasil). In football, Brazil finished fourth in the 7-a-side event, with losses to Ukraine (0-6) and Iran (0-4) 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 at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Brazil debuted at the Winter Paralympics during 2014 edition in Sochi, sending two para 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.

At the 2026 Winter Paralympics hosted in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Brazil won the first medal in their Winter Paralympics history – para cross-country skier Cristian Ribera earned a silver medal in the Men's sprint - sitting. Ribera's achievement also represented the first medal for a tropical nation and South America at the Winter Games.

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 (1 gold, 3 silvers and 1 bronze) won at the 1992 Summer Paralympics for Intellectually Disabled, held in Madrid, who also organized by then International Coordenation Committee (ICC) and same Organizing Committee (COOB'92) 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 (IPC) database.

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1960 Rome did not participate 1964 Tokyo 1968 Tel-Aviv 1972 Heidelberg 8 0 0 0 0 – 1976 Toronto 23 0 1 0 1 31 1980 Arnhem 2 0 0 0 0 – 1984 Stoke Mandeville 1984 New York 30 7 17 4 28 24 1988 Seoul 59 4 9 14 27 24 41 4 3 5 12 28 1996 Atlanta 60 2 6 13 21 37 2000 Sydney 63 6 10 6 22 24 2004 Athens 96 14 12 7 33 14 2008 Beijing 187 16 14 17 47 9 2012 London 181 21 14 8 43 7 2016 Rio de Janeiro 285 14 29 29 72 8 2020 Tokyo 258 22 20 30 72 7 2024 Paris255 25 25 38 88 5 2028 Los Angeles Future event 2032 Brisbane Future event Total 1,264 135 160 171 466 16

Medals by Winter Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1976 Örnsköldsvik did not participate 1980 Geilo 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Innsbruck 1992 Tignes-Albertville 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2 0 0 0 0 – 2018 PyeongChang 3 0 0 0 0 – 2022 Beijing 6 0 0 0 0 – 2026 Milano Cortina 8 0 1 0 1 23 2030 French Alps 2034 Salt Lake City Total 19 0 1 0 1 32

Medals by Summer Sports (1972–2024)

Medals by Winter Sports (2014–2026)

Best results in non-medalling sports Summer Sport Rank Athlete Event & Year Archery 4th Luciano Rezende Men's individual recurve open in 2016 Paratriathlon 4th Jéssica Messali Women's PTWC in 2020 Wheelchair basketball 5th Brazil men's team Men's tournament in 2016 Wheelchair rugby 8th Brazil mixed team Mixed tournament in 2016 Wheelchair tennis 4th Leandro Pena &Ymanitu Silva Quad doubles in 2024 Winter Sport Rank Athlete Event & Year Alpine skiing 28th André Pereira Men's snowboard cross in 2014 Biathlon 7th Aline Rocha Women's sprint, sitting in 2026 Para ice hockey Did not participate Snowboarding 10th André Cintra Men's banked slalom SB-LL1 in 2018 Men's snowboard cross SB-LL1 in 2018 Wheelchair curling Did not participate

Flagbearers

+ Summer Paralympics Games Athlete Sport 1960 Rome did not participate 1964 Tokyo 1968 Tel-Aviv 1972 Heidelberg Not documented 1976 Toronto 1980 Arnhem 1984 New York 1984 Stoke Mandeville 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta Anderson Santos Para athletics 2000 Sydney Ádria Santos Para athletics Luís Silva Para swimming 2004 AthensClodoaldo Silva Para swimming 2008 Beijing Antônio Tenório Para judo 2012 London Daniel Dias Para swimming 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shirlene Coelho Para athletics 2020 Tokyo Evelyn de Oliveira Boccia Petrúcio Ferreira Para athletics 2024 Paris Elizabeth Gomes Para athletics Gabriel Araújo Para swimming

+ Winter Paralympics Games Athlete Sport 1976 Örnsköldsvik did not participate 1980 Geilo 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Innsbruck 1992 Tignes-Albertville 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi André Pereira Para alpine skiing 2018 PyeongChang Aline Rocha Para cross-country skiing 2022 Beijing Cristian Ribera Para cross-country skiing Aline Rocha Para cross-country skiing 2026 Milano Cortina Cristian Ribera Para cross-country skiing Aline Rocha Para biathlon & para cross-country skiing

Multi-medalists Brazilian athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five or more medals of any colour.

No. Athlete Sport Years Games Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Daniel Dias2008-20204M1476272André Brasil2008-20163M752143Clodoaldo Silva2000-20165M652134Carol Santiago2020-20242F631105Luiz Cláudio Pereira1984-19923M63096Gabriel Araújo2020-20242M51067Ádria Santos1988-20086F471128Antônio Tenório Silva1996-20166M41169Dirceu Pinto2008-20163M410510Jefinho2008-20245M4015Ricardinho2008-20245M401512Damião Robson2004-20204M4004Marcos Felipe2004-20164M400414Terezinha Guilhermina2004-20164F323815Petrúcio Ferreira2016-20243M3205Lucas Prado2008-20163M320517Claudiney Batista2012-20244M3104182012-20244M3014Raimundo Nonato2012-20244M3014Yeltsin Jacques2016-20243M301421Fábio Vasconcelos2004-20123M3003Gledson Barros2012-20203M3003Severino da Silva2004-20123M300324Felipe Gomes2008-20245M231625Talisson Glock2016-20243M225926Jerusa Geber dos Santos2008-20245F222627Luis Silva2000-20083M151728Miracema Ferraz19841F150629Adriano Lima1996-20125M143830Gabriel Bandeira2020-20242M133731Yohansson Nascimento2008-20163M131532Phelipe Rodrigues2008-20245M063933Odair Santos2004-20164M0549

See also Brazil at the Olympics

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