Gabriela Mendonça
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Born21 May 1998
Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
SportParalympic athletics
DisabilityChorioretinitis
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| Born | 21 May 1998 Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Chorioretinitis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gabriela Mendonça Ferreira (born 21 May 1998) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete who competes in international track and field competitions. She is a Parapan American Games bronze medalist and a World bronze medalist. She competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[1][2]
Mendonça was born with bilateral chorioretinitis as her mother was bitten by a cat infected with toxoplasmosis when she was pregnant.[3]