Esperança Gicasso connects sporting achievement with classroom opportunity
The IPC profiled Angolan sprinter Esperança Gicasso as both a Paralympian and a teacher at the school where she had studied.
Esperança Gicasso combines athletics with teaching in Angola.
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The IPC profiled Angolan sprinter Esperança Gicasso as both a Paralympian and a teacher at the school where she had studied. A participant at London 2012 and Rio 2016, she recalled winning silver and bronze at the 2017 World Championships. Sponsorship helped her complete a pedagogy degree and continue international competition. Teaching children with vision impairments, she described how sport had increased her confidence and enabled her to inspire pupils through her own experience.
Gicasso shows the silver and bronze medals she earned at London 2017.
Photo credit: Joao Racy/MPIX/CPB
Gicasso and her guide on the track, as pictured in her IPC profile.
Photo credit: Joao Racy/MPIX/CPB