Antonio Tenorio Silva

Antonio Tenorio Silva

Antonio Tenorio da Silva (born 24 October 1970) [cite web |title=Athlete Biography - SILVA Antonio Tenorio |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/1209244.shtml |accessdate=2008-09-29] is a 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. [cite news |last=Lopes |first=Lello |title=Judoca Antônio Tenório conquista o segundo ouro brasileiro |publisher=Universo Online |date=2004-09-20 |language=Portuguese |url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/olimpiadas/ultimas/2004/09/20/ult2540u50.jhtm |accessdate=2008-09-29]

He has participated in four Summer Paralympics and has won gold each time. With his win at the 2008 Games, he became the first person to win four consecutive Paralympic gold medals in judo. [cite web |title=Antonio Tenorio Silva makes Judo history |date=2008-09-09 |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |url=http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/judo/n214594301.shtml |accessdate=2008-09-29]

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