· Para powerlifting
Muianga develops Mozambique’s emerging powerlifting pathway
Coach Renato De Jesus Dinis Muianga described plans to expand Para powerlifting in Mozambique in an IPC feature published in March 2023.
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The Para sport story of Mozambique.
Edmilsa Governo’s international athletics career includes women’s 400m T12 bronze at both the Doha 2015 World Championships and Rio 2016 Paralympics. Mozambique’s emerging programmes also reach beyond the track. In 2023, coach Renato De Jesus Dinis Muianga described a growing Para powerlifting community in Maputo and plans to help athletes enter national and international competition.
Running brings out best in Governo Coach Muianga on mission to add Para powerlifting to Mozambique's sports agenda
Historical context is drawn from the linked IPC records. Dates and roles refer to the time of the original report.
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2016–2023Years represented in this collection
FROM THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Athletes, achievements and opportunity.
· Para athletics
Governo builds on world and Paralympic bronze medals
Edmilsa Governo reflected on the role of running in her life as she prepared for the Tunis Grand Prix in June 2019.
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Governo and Koech add African medals on Rio’s final athletics day
Mozambique’s Edmilsa Governo won 400m bronze and Kenya’s Nancy Koech took 1500m silver at Rio 2016.
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Para sport in Mozambique.
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Develop & progress
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