Renê Campos wins the Brazilian five-time championship in water rowing
With the title, the athlete became the biggest Brazilian record holder for rowing titles.
05/12/2019
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After winning the vice-championship of the World Cup in Holland, the parathlete Renê Campos Pereira won the fifth Brazilian championship in aquatic rowing. The national competition took place on November 30 and December 1, in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, in Rio de Janeiro. With the classification in 1st place, the athlete, who is sponsored by Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, became the biggest record holder in sports in the country, in addition to being the only one to qualify, in advance and twice in a row, for the Paralympic Games. The next Paralympics will be in 2020, in Tokyo, Japan.
“Conquering the pentachampionship is a great happiness, as it is a feeling of having achieved a goal. I'm happy to be making history in the sport”, emphasizes the rower, considering the moment as very important for his career. As for the sponsorship of Bahiana, the athlete highlights that the partnership began in 2017: “The Bahiana it was crucial for my evolution in rowing and, recently, it is giving all the support with the containers that will integrate the training center, located in Pituaçu”. international. The next competition will be the Tokyo Paralympics, in 2020, in which the athlete will seek the long-awaited Olympic medal for Brazil, since, for being the best athlete in the Men's PR1 Single Skiff (PR1 M1x) category in the country, he was accredited to represent the Brazilian team in the games.
Photo credit: Satiro Sodré