Mateus Evangelista Cardoso
Mateus Evangelista Cardoso is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He competes in several T37-classification athletics events. He represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and he won the silver medal in the men's long jump T37 event. He also finished in 4th place in the men's 100 metres T37 event.Career
He represented Brazil at the 2015 Parapan American Games held in Toronto, Canada and he won the gold medal in the men's long jump T37 event and both the men's 100 metres T37 and men's 200 metres T37 events.
At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships he won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T37 event, the silver medal in the men's 200 metres T37 event and also the silver medal in the men's long jump T37 event. Two years later at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships he won the silver medal in the men's long jump T37 event and he qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
