Biography
Mari Christina SANTILLI
 BRAZILIAN CANOE CONFEDERATION
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| Female | |
| 15/04/1978 | |
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| 65 |
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| HOBBIES: | Travelling, spending time with friends and family. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BIOGRAPHY: | A two-time bronze medallist at the World Championships, Santilli will race in the KL3 and VL3 200m at Paris 2024. She studied physical education from Tuiuti University of Parana and is a fan of Brazilian tennis player Gustavo Kuerten and Australian Paracanoeist Amanda Jennings. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification KL3 Type of Impairment Limb deficiency (Athlete, 04 Sep 2016) Origin of Impairment Acquired (Athlete, 04 Sep 2016) Impairment Details She was involved in a motorcycle accident which resulted in her left leg being amputated. (Athlete, 04 Sep 2016) |
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| PLACE OF RESIDENCE: | Curitiba | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LANGUAGES: | Portuguese | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HIGHER EDUCATION: | Physical Education - Tuiuti University of Parana, Curitiba, BRA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?: | She took up the sport at age 20. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER: | Her brother, and Brazilian paddler Jose de Jesus Coelho. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HERO/IDOL: | Brazilian tennis player Gustavo Kuerten | |||||||||||||||||||||
| AMBITIONS : | To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| CLUB: | CRCuritiba [Brazil] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NAME OF COACH: | Luiz Gustavo Teixera Fabricio dos Santos [national]; Cleverson Silva Dos Santos [personal] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT: | Placing seventh at the 2016 World Championships in Duisburg, Germany, which gained her a spot at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| CLASSIFICATION: | KL3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BEST RESULTS: | World Championships: Bronze - 2. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2015 ICF PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (INCLUDING PARALYMPIC GAMES QUALIFICATION)
Results
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Aug 19 11:58 |
Women's 200m KL3 SENIOR Heats 2 |
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4
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57.033
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Aug 19 16:34 |
Women's 200m KL3 SENIOR Semifinal 1 |
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4
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56.355
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