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{{short description|Portuguese boccia player (born 1971)}}
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| birth_place      = [[Ferreira de Aves]], [[Sátão]], Portugal
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{{Medal|Sport|[[Boccia]]}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Boccia at the Summer Paralympics|Paralympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Boccia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Boccia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Team BC1–2|Team BC1-2]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1992 Summer Paralympics|1992 Barcelona]]|[[Boccia at the 1992 Summer Paralympics|Mixed Individual C2]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1996 Summer Paralympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Boccia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Mixed team C1–2]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Team BC1–2|Team BC1-2]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1988 Summer Paralympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Boccia at the 1988 Summer Paralympics|Mixed Individual C2]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Boccia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics|Team BC1–BC2]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2004 Athens|[[Boccia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Individual BC2]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Team BC1–2|Team BC1-2]]}}
| updated          = 25 November 2017
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'''Fernando Manuel da Costa Ferreira''' (born 23 September 1971) is a Portuguese [[boccia]] player. He has competed for his country and won medals at several [[Summer Paralympics]].
==Career==
Ferreira won a bronze medal at the [[1988 Summer Paralympics]], a silver at the [[1992 Summer Paralympics]], both in the mixed individual C2 event. He then won a silver medal at the [[1996 Summer Paralympics]] in the Team C1-C2 event, and a bronze at the [[2000 Summer Paralympics]] in the mixed team event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/fernando-ferreira|title=Fernando Ferreira|website=[[International Paralympic Committee]]|accessdate=15 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://paralimpicos.pt/documents/20181/0/Medalheiro+2022/58c1a497-1588-4659-8209-fc19381eb559|title=Atletas & Medalhas Paralímpicos|website=[[Portuguese Paralympic Committee]]|format=PDF|accessdate=16 August 2024}}</ref>
Ferreira competed in the [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. There he won a bronze medal in the [[Boccia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Individual BC2|BC2]] event and gold medal as part of the [[Boccia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Team BC1–2|team BC1-2]] competition with a victory over [[New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?competition=2004PG&gender=x&sport=boccia&discipline=&event=Individual&eclass=BC2|title=Mixed Individual BC2 |accessdate=18 October 2012|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160418005244/https://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?eclass=BC2&sport=boccia&competition=2004PG&gender=x&discipline=&event=Individual|archive-date=18 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Equipa portuguesa de boccia conquista ouro nos Paralímpicos|url=https://www.publico.pt/2004/09/28/desporto/noticia/equipa-portuguesa-de-boccia-conquista-ouro-nos-paralimpicos-1204588|accessdate=25 November 2017|work=Publico|date=28 September 2004|language=Portuguese}}</ref> He continued to compete at successive Paralympic Games,<ref>{{cite news|title=Atletas de boccia são os primeiros portugueses a competir nos Paralímpicos|url=https://www.publico.pt/2008/09/06/desporto/noticia/atletas-de-boccia-sao-os-primeiros-portugueses-a-competir-nos-paralimpicos-1341851/amp|accessdate=25 November 2017|work=Publico|date=6 September 2008|language=Portuguese}}</ref> where he won a silver medal in the [[Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Team BC1–2|team]] event at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Beijing]], China,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/paralympics/2008-09/10/content_16429623.htm|title=Boccia Day 4 Review: Portugal and Spain impress|date=10 September 2008|accessdate=1 October 2012|publisher=China.org.cn}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/paralympics/2008-09/12/content_16438017.htm|title=Boccia Day 5 Review: ROK and Portugal march on|date=12 September 2008|accessdate=1 October 2012|publisher=China.org.cn}}</ref> but failed to win a medal at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 Games]] in London, England.<ref>{{cite news|title=João Paulo Fernandes admite erros da equipa de boccia|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/outras-modalidades/interior/joao-paulo-fernandes-admite-erros-da-equipa-de-boccia-2751624.html|accessdate=25 November 2017|work=[[Diário de Notícias]]|date=4 September 2012|language=Portuguese}}</ref>
At the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]], his last, Ferreira was named on the mixed boccia team once again. They qualified out of the group stage following a loss to Argentina followed by victories over Slovakia and Brazil. They were beaten 8–5 by Japan in the semi-final,<ref name="fruit">{{cite news|title=Paralímpicos'2016: bronze no boccia foi "fruto do trabalho de toda a equipa"|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/internacional/rio-2016/noticias/interior/hio-5385831.html|accessdate=25 November 2017|work=[[O Jogo]]|date=12 September 2016|language=Portuguese}}</ref> resulting in a rematch against Argentina in the bronze medal match. Despite the earlier 1–7 loss, they defeated Argentina 6–2 to win the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paralímpicos'2016: bronze para Portugal no boccia|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/internacional/rio-2016/noticias/interior/paralimpicos2016-bronze-para-portugal-no-boccia-5385618.html|accessdate=25 November 2017|work=[[O Jogo]]|date=12 September 2016|language=Portuguese}}</ref>
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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Sátão]]
[[Category:Sportspeople with cerebral palsy]]
[[Category:Paralympic athletes for Portugal]]
[[Category:Boccia players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Boccia players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Boccia players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Boccia players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Boccia players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Boccia players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Boccia players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Boccia players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Portugal]]
[[Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Portugal]]
[[Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Portugal]]
[[Category:Paralympic medalists in boccia]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics]]