A Brazilian player will repeat Pistorius’ success at the Paris Games

The Brazilian ping-pong player Bruna Alexandre will be the first athlete with a disability from a South American country to compete in the Olympic Games.after being summoned this Tuesday to travel to Paris.

The Brazilian Table Tennis Confederation highlighted in a statement “the talent and improvement” of Alexandre, whose right arm had to be amputated due to a thrombosis caused by a botched injection when he was just a few months old.

The athlete, who at 29 years old occupies position 173 in the world rankings, He said on social networks that the call will mark his career “forever.”

“I never thought I would live and fight so many challenges that life has thrown at me since I was two months old, but now I can celebrate,” he said.

Blind soccer player Mizael Conrado, president of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee, applauded the announcement in a statement in which he said Alexandre’s presence on the Olympic team contributes to boosting the “potential” of the disabled person. .

“We are sure that he will inspire more people with disabilities to achieve autonomy and belong in society through sport,” he said.

After competing in the Paris Olympic Games, which begin in mid-July, Alexandre will also participate in the Paralympic Games that will take place in the French capital starting at the end of August.

At last year’s Pan American Games, the athlete won the team’s bronze medal.while at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2021 he won individual silver and at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games in 2016, he won bronze.

At your call, The Brazilian joins a small group of disabled athletes who participated in several Olympic Games, which was outstanding South African athlete Oscar Pistorius and Polish table tennis player Natalia Partyka.