Terezinha Guilhermina

Terezinha Guilhermina (born 3 October 1978) is a Paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T11 sprint events, T11 being the category for totally blind athletes. She has congenital retinitis pigmentosa, as do five of her twelve brothers.

Terezinha Guilhermina

Guilhermina in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1978-10-03) 3 October 1978
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Sport	Para athletics
Disability class	T11
Event	Sprint
Medal record Women's para athletics Representing Brazil Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 200 m T11 2012 London 100 m T11 2012 London 200 m T11 2008 Beijing 100 m T11 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 × 100 m – T11-13 2004 Athens 400 m T12 2008 Beijing 400 m T11 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m T11 IPC World Championships 2011 Christchurch 100 m T11 2011 Christchurch 200 m T11 2011 Christchurch 400 m T11 2011 Christchurch 4x100 m T11-13 2013 Lyon 100 m T11 2013 Lyon 200 m T11 2013 Lyon 400 m T11 2015 Doha 200 m T11 2015 Doha 400 m T11 Parapan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 100m T11 2007 Rio de Janeiro 200m T11 2011 Guadalajara 100m T11 2011 Guadalajara 200m T11 2011 Guadalajara 400m T12 2015 Toronto 100m T11 2015 Toronto 200m T11 2015 Toronto 400m T11 2007 Rio de Janeiro 400m T13

She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres – T12 event, went out in the first round of the women's 800 metres – T12 event and finished seventh in the women's 1500 metres – T12 event. She also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's 200 metres – T11 event, a silver medal in the women's 100 metres – T11 event and a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres – T11 event. In London 2012, she won two gold medals. In Rio 2016, she won silver in the women's 4 × 100 m relay - T11-13 and bronze in the women's 400m - T11. She was disqualified from the 200m T11 and 100m T11 after a false start. Her guide runner in Rio was Rafael Lazarini.

External links

Media related to Terezinha Guilhermina at Wikimedia Commons

• Terezinha Guilhermina on Instagram
• Terezinha Guilhermina at the International Paralympic Committee
• Terezinha Guilhermina at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Bio sheet, London 2012 official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-08-29)
• "Blind runner beats poverty, bullies to become champion". CNN.com. CNN. 20 February 2013.
• "Usain Bolt guides Brazil's Terezinha Guilhermina". IBSAsport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 21 April 2015. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020.