Biography
Igor Alex TOFALINI
Igor Alex TOFALINI
BRAZILIAN CANOE CONFEDERATION BRAZILIAN CANOE CONFEDERATION
Male
12/04/1983
183
67
Athlete entered in:
 
BIOGRAPHY:   Classification
KL2

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (blogdochaguinhas.com.br, 29 Sep 2013)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (blogdochaguinhas.com.br, 29 Sep 2013)

Impairment Details
He has paraplegia as the result of a rodeo accident in 2011. (blogdochaguinhas.com.br, 29 Sep 2013)

  Tofalini bagged silver in the VL2 200m at Paris 2024. A two-time world champion, he finished ninth in the KL2 at Rio 2016. Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali is his hero and he runs a social project that provides free equestrian classes to riders with impairment on his family ranch.
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:   Sao Paulo
LANGUAGES:   Portuguese
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:   He took up the sport in 2013 at the IATE club in Londrina, Brazil.
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:   He liked the sport.
MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER:   Brazilian kayaker Gelson Moreira Souza
HERO/IDOL:   US boxer Muhammad Ali
CLUB:   IATE Clube [Londrina, BRA]
NAME OF COACH:   Luiz Gustavo Teixera Fabricio dos Santos [national]
TRAINING REGIME:   He trains six days a week at the University of Sao Paulo [USP] in Brazil.
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR:   2016
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY:   Germany
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION:   Word Cup
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION:   Duisburg
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT:   Placing 12th at the 2016 World Cup in Duisburg, Germany
OTHER INFORMATION:  
RankEventYearLocationResult
World Championships
14KL22016Duisburg, GER50.597
CLASSIFICATION:   KL2
BEST RESULTS:   Paralympics: Silver - 1; World Championships: Gold - 2, Silver - 2.
2016 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CUP 1
Results
 
 
Start Time Event Participants Rank Results Available Information
Aug 23
15:40
 
Men's 200m VL2 SENIOR
Heats 2
BRA Igor Alex TOFALINI
2
00:01:02.849
Aug 26
10:41
 
Men's 200m VL2 SENIOR
Final A
BRA Igor Alex TOFALINI
1
00:00:54.316



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