Maria José Alves
| Medal record | ||
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| Track and field (athletics) | ||
Competitor for  Brazil
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| Paralympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1996 Atlanta | 100 metres - T11 |
| | 1996 Atlanta | 200 metres - T11 |
| | 2004 Athens | 100 metres - T12 |
| | 2004 Athens | 200 metres - T12 |
Maria Jose Alves is a paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T12 sprinting events.
Maria Jose has competed in four paralympics, winning four medals all of which were bronze. Her first games were in 1996 where she competed in the 100m, 200m, 400m and long jump winning bronze in both the shorter events. The 2000 Summer Paralympics saw her compete in just the 100m and 200m but without any medal success. In both 2004 and 2008 she competed in the 100m, 200m and 400m and it was in the 2004 games that she won her last two bronze medals in the 100m and 200m again. [1]
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