José Sayovo

José Sayovo
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Angola
Paralympic Games
2004 Athens100 m
2004 Athens200 m
2004 Athens400 m
2012 London400 m
2008 Beijing100 m
2008 Beijing200 m
2008 Beijing400 m
2012 London200 m
All-Africa Games
2011 Maputo400m T11

José Armando Sayovo (born 3 March 1973) is an Angolan Paralympic track and field athlete.

He was the first person to win a Paralympic medal for the Republic of Angola after he won three gold medals, in the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints, at the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games in Athens.

He represented Angola again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and was his country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony. He won three silver medals, in the men's 100m, 200m and 400m sprints.

At the age of 39, he won a bronze medal in the 200m and won a gold medal in the 400m at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London

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