Antônio Tenório Silva

Antônio Tenório da Silva (born 24 October 1970) is ônioTenóa Brazilian judoka. As a child, he lost the vision in his left eye from an accident while playing with a slingshot. Six years later, an infection claimed the vision in his right eye, leaving him completely blind at the age of 19.

He has participated in six Summer Paralympics and has won 4 golds,1 silver and a 1 bronze. With his win at the 2008 Games, he became the first person to win four consecutive Paralympic gold medals in judo.

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1970 births

Living people

Paralympic judoka for Brazil

Judoka at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Judoka at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Judoka at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Judoka at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Judoka at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Judoka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Paralympic gold medalists for Brazil

Paralympic bronze medalists for Brazil

Sportspeople with a vision impairment

Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Brazilian male judoka

Paralympic medalists in judo

Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games

21st-century Brazilian people

20th-century Brazilian people

Brazilian blind people