Esperança Gicaso

[1] In 2011, she won the bronze medal in the 100 metres T11 event at the African Games in Maputo, Mozambique.

[1] At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, Gicaso earned the bronze medal in the 200 metres T11.

[1] At the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, she won the bronze medal in the 100 metres T11.

[3][4] Gicaso was Angola's flagbearer during the opening ceremonies of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

[6] She was named the Most Valuable Player of 2017 by the Olympic Athletes Association of Angola.