Dirceu Pinto

Dirceu José Pinto (10 September 1980 – 1 April 2020) was a Brazilian Paralympic boccia player with muscular dystrophy.

He won individual and pairs gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics in the BC4 category.

[1][2] At the 2016 Olympics he placed second in the mixed pairs.

[3] He died from a congestive cardiac failure on April 1, 2020, at the age of 39.

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