Wanna Brito
Brazilian Paralympic sportswoman
Wanna Helena Brito Oliveira (born 12 July 1996) is a Brazilian para-athlete.
Biography
Brito is from Macapá. She was born with cerebral palsy caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain at birth. The athlete has a degree in physiotherapy.
Career
Brito started swimming in 2018 and, at the end of 2019, switched to athletics at the encouragement of her coach. Her first competition was the Macapá Paralympic Meeting in 2020. In this competition, she set the best national mark in the shot put with 5.99 meters, which is also the third best world mark in this event in the F32 class. In the same tournament, she also set the record in the discus throw, with 11.84 meters.
At the Marrakech Grand Prix, the athlete from Amapá won gold in the F32 class of the shot put with a mark of 6.83 meters and also won silver in the club throw with a mark of 21.14 meters.
In May 2023, during the second phase of the Loterias Caixa Athletics Circuit, Brito broke two American records in the shot put and club throw in the F32 class.
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