Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira

Alan Fontelles

Oliveira in 2012
Personal information
Birth name	Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira
Born	(1992-08-21) August 21, 1992 (age 24) Marabá, Brazil
Sport
Disability class	T43
Medal record Men's paralympic athletics Representing  Brazil Paralympic Games 2012 London 200 m T44 2008 Beijing 4x100 m T42–46 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4x100m - T42-47 IPC World Championships 2013 Lyon 100 m T43 2013 Lyon 200 m T43 2013 Lyon 400 m T44 2013 Lyon 4x100 m T42–46 2015 Doha 200 m T44 2011 Christchurch 100 m T44 2011 Christchurch 4x100 m T42–46 2015 Doha 100 m T44 Parapan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 200 m T44 2011 Guadalajara 100 m T44

Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira (born August 21, 1992) is a Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T44 sprint events. Oliveira is a double-below-the-knee amputee, classifiying him in the Paralympic T43 class; athletes in this class run in T44 events.

Oliveira was born in Marabá, in the state of Pará. He had both legs amputated at the age of 21 days, after an intestinal infection led to septicemia. By the age of eight, he was competing in athletics. Oliveira began running with wooden prostheses, and started competing in races in Brazil at age 13. He began running on carbon-fibre blades at the age of 15, shortly before competing in his first Paralympics in Beijing.

Competing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, Oliveira won a silver medal in the T42–T46 4 × 100 metres relay as part of the Brazilian team, after failing to win a medal in the T44 200m. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London he won gold in the T44 200m, ahead of Oscar Pistorius who was a favorite to win. Immediately after the race Pistorius caused controversy by criticising the blades Oliveira had used, claiming they were too long and artificially increased his stride length, giving him an unfair advantage. Pistorius' complaint was denied at that time by the International Paralympic Committee, which stated all athletes were measured prior to the race by a classifier and all blade lengths were approved for competition.