José Sayovo

José Sayovo
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Angola
Paralympic Games
2004 Athens 100 m
2004 Athens 200 m
2004 Athens 400 m
2012 London 400 m
2008 Beijing 100 m
2008 Beijing 200 m
2008 Beijing 400 m
2012 London 200 m
All-Africa Games
2011 Maputo 400m T11

José Armando Sayovo (born March 3, 1973) is an Angolan Paralympic track and field athlete.

He was the first person to win a Paralympic medal for the Republic of Angola after he won three gold medals, in the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints, at the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games in Athens.[1]

He represented Angola again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing,[2] and was his country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony. [3] He won three silver medals, in the men's 100m, 200m and 400m sprints.[4]

At the age of 39, he won a Bronze medal in the 200m[5] and won a Gold medal in the 400m at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London[6]

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