Biography
Igor Alex TOFALINI
 BRAZILIAN CANOE CONFEDERATION
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| 12/04/1983 | |
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| 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) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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| CLASSIFICATION: | KL2 | ||||||||||||||||
| BEST RESULTS: | Paralympics: Silver - 1; World Championships: Gold - 2, Silver - 2. | ||||||||||||||||
2018 ICF PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
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Aug 23 15:40 |
Men's 200m VL2 SENIOR Heats 2 |
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00:01:02.849
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Aug 26 10:41 |
Men's 200m VL2 SENIOR Final A |
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00:00:54.316
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