Miguel Monteiro (athlete)

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Miguel Monteiro
Personal information
NationalityPortuguese
Born (2000-12-23) 23 December 2000
Viseu, Portugal
Sport
CountryPortugal
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityAchondroplasia
F40
Event
Shot put
ClubCasa do Povo de Mangualde
Turned pro
2016
Coached byJoao Amaral Mendes
Medal record
Representing  Portugal
Para-athletics
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisShot put F40
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoShot put F40
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 LondonShot put F40
Silver medal – second place2024 KobeShot put F40
Silver medal – second place2025 New DelhiShot put F40
Bronze medal – third place2023 ParisShot put F40
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 BydgoszczShot put F40

Miguel Monteiro (born 23 December 2000) is a Portuguese Para-athlete specializing in shot put. He represented Portugal at the Paralympic Games.[1]

Career

Monteiro represented Portugal in the shot put F40 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal.[2]

He qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics by winning a bronze medal in the shot put F40 event.[3] At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the shot put F40 event.[4]

References

  1. "Miguel Monteiro". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. "Miguel Monteiro". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. "UAveiro student is the first Portuguese to qualify for the 2024 Paralympic Games". University of Aveiro. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  4. "Gold medal for Miguel Monteiro at the Paris Paralympics". University of Aveiro. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.