Carlos Amaral Ferreira, Date of Birth

Carlos Amaral Ferreira

Portuguese Paralympic athlete

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1969

Profession: association football player, long-distance runner, athletics competitor, marathon runner

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Carlos Amarel Ferreira is a Paralympic track and field athlete from Portugal competing mainly in category T10/T11, visually-impaired, long-distance running events. He competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain.
There he won a silver medal in the men's Football 7-a-side event.
At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States, he changed sports to compete in athletics.
There he finished sixth in the men's 5000 metres T10 event and won a bronze medal in the men's 10000 metres T10 event.
He also competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, winning a gold medal in the men's Marathon T11 event and a silver medal in the men's 10000 metres T11 event.
He also competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, winning a silver medal in the men's 10000 metres T11 event and a silver medal in the men's Marathon T11 event.