Rildene Firmino
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | 1974 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Paraplegia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S5, SB3, SM4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Rildene Fonseca Firmino (born 1974) is a retired Brazilian Paralympic swimmer who competed at international elite competitions, she is a double Parapan American Games champion and a two-time World bronze medalist.[1][2]
Disability
Firmino and her cousin Ivanildo Fonseca, both aged six at the time, were involved in a shooting incident. Fonseca got a hold of Firmino's grandfather's .38 caliber revolver and was play shooting the gun with Firmino, the gun had a single bullet in the drum and Firmino was shot in the T11 vertebra and it exited her right lung. Her injuries were so severe that she had near-fatal lung and liver complications and spent three days recovering in an intensive care unit at a nearby hospital. She was left with life-changing injuries and was paraplegic for the rest of her life.[3]
References
- ^ "Rildene Firmino - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Silvania Costa breaks world record for long jump at the closing of Caixa Lotteries Circuit (in Portuguese)". Jornal do Brasil. 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Shot by her cousin (in Portuguese)". globo.com. 13 September 2016.