Ana Carolina Duarte Ruas Custódio
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| Born | 23 April 1987 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ana Carolina Duarte Ruas Custódio (born 23 April 1987) is a Brazilian goalball player who competes in international goalball competitions. She has represented Brazil at five Paralympic Games and has won four medals at the Parapan American Games including two gold medals.[1][2]
Duarte lost her eyesight aged twelve when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Ana Carolina Duarte Ruas Custodio - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 25 August 2025.
- ^ "Ana Carolina Duarte - Brazilian Paralympic Committee". Brazilian Paralympic Committee. 25 August 2025.
- ^ "MT athlete is called up by the Brazilian goalball team for the World Cup in England (in Portuguese)". Mato Grosso. 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Gold medalist in the Parapans receives a party in Sao Vicente (in Portuguese)". Santos Region. 7 September 2019.