Claudiney Batista

Claudiney Batista dos Santos (born 13 November 1978) is a Brazilian Paralympian athlete competing in category F57/T57 throwing events. He won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2012 Paralympics and a gold medal in the discus throw at the 2016 Rio Games.

Claudiney Batista

Batista at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Claudiney Batista dos Santos
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1978-11-13) 13 November 1978
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	F57 Shot put F57 Discus F57 Javelin
Club	Clube Amigos dos Deficientes
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	2012 2016
Highest world ranking	Javelin: 1st
Personal best	Javelin: 45.38 m
Medal record Track and field (athletics) Representing Brazil Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw F57 2020 Tokyo Discus throw F56 2024 Paris Discus throw F56 2012 London Javelin throw F57/58 World Championships 2019 Dubai Discus throw F56 2023 Paris Discus throw F56 2024 Kobe Discus throw F56 2013 Lyon Javelin throw F57/58 2015 Doha Discus throw F57 2013 Lyon Discus throw F57/58 2015 Doha Javelin throw F57 Parapan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Javelin throw F57/58 2019 Lima Discus throw F56 2023 Santiago Discus throw F56 2015 Toronto Discus throw F51/52/53/57 2019 Lima Shot put F57 2011 Guadalajara Discus throw F57/58

Career history

Batista was born able bodied, but after a road accident in May 2005 part of his left leg needed to be amputated. While in hospital he was visited by para-athletic organisations offering sport as a way to help in his recovery. He refused to accept their invitation for over two years, before changing his mind. In 2011 he was part of the Brazilian team which entered into the 2011 Parapan American Games. He entered the javelin and discus, both in the joint F57/58 class, winning the javelin and coming third in the discus. He followed this by being selected for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, entering all three throwing events in the F57/58 class. In the discus, he threw a distance of 45.90m, which did not convert to enough points to see him onto the podium, finishing instead at fourth place. In the shot put he finished seventh. His strongest event, the javelin, saw him record a distance of 45.38m, a new world record, only to see his rival, Iran's Mohammad Khalvandi, also throw a world record as a F58 athlete to snatch the gold from Batista dos Santos by 20 points.

At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, Batista dos Santos was again on the podium. He came third in the discus, taking bronze, and second in the javelin beaten again by Mohammad Khalvandi.

He was one of the 54 paralympians cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021. Other athletes included Rayane Soares (T13, low vision), Beth Gomes (F52), Jerusa Geber dos Santos (T11), Cícero Nobre (F57) and Thiago Paulino.

External links

• Claudiney Batista dos Santos at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
• Claudiney Batista dos Santos at the International Paralympic Committee
• Claudiney Batista dos Santos at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Claudiney Batista at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)