He won the silver medal in the men's 100 metres T63 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Upon receiving a visit from Paralympic champion Terezinha Guilhermina, Vinícius found a new dream: becoming a professional athlete.

In 2019, during the Open Loterias Caixa paralympic athletics event, he became the world record holder in the 100 metre dash in the T63 class, in the leg amputees category, completing the race in 11 seconds and 95 thousandths, earning with this result the right to represent Brazil in the 2019 Parapan American Games, in Lima, Peru, and the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

On the way, a new silver medal, this time at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in the men's 100 metre T63, in Paris, France.

In January 2024, it was announced he is a contestant in the reality show Big Brother Brasil 24, giving up the fight to compete in the 2024 Summer Paralympics.