Maciel Santos

Maciel de Sousa Santos^[a] (born 5 September 1985) is a Brazilian boccia player.

FullnameMaciel de Sousa Santos

Born (1985-09-05) 5 September 1985 (age 41)

Crateús, Ceará, Brazil

SportBoccia

Disabilityclass

BC2

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Maciel Santos

Santos in May 2025
Personal information
Full name	Maciel de Sousa Santos
Born	(1985-09-05) 5 September 1985 (age 41) Crateús, Ceará, Brazil
Sport
Sport	Boccia
Disability class	BC2
Medal record Boccia Representing  Brazil Paralympic Games 2012 London Individual BC2 2020 Tokyo Individual BC2

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Santos started playing boccia at the age of eleven and was already competing internationally at fourteen. He trains daily for six to eight hours.^[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, he won the gold medal by defeating Yan Zhiqiang in the Individual BC2 event. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, he won the bronze medal in the same event.^[2]