Gracelindo Barbosa
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Gracelindo Barbosa, a 28-year-old athlete, was born in Tarrafal de Santiago.
He is the sports figure of the year 2016, because, in addition to winning the first ever medal of Cape Verde in the Paralympic Games (Bronze Medal), he beat the African "record" of the 400 meters T20 category (intellectually disabled) in the Paralympic Games in Rio'2016 and qualified for the final, with a time of 48:77 seconds.
Gracelindo Barbosa, a 28-year-old athlete, was born in Tarrafal de Santiago.
He is the sports figure of the year 2016, because, in addition to winning the first ever medal of Cape Verde in the Paralympic Games (Bronze Medal), he beat the African "record" of the 400 meters T20 category (intellectually disabled) in the Paralympic Games in Rio'2016 and qualified for the final, with a time of 48:77 seconds.
