You Paralympic Games 2024, which begin this Wednesday (28) in Paris, will feature the debut of a athlete who was once an actress and shone in the remake of “Chiquititas” shown by SBT between 2013 and 2015.
In the novel adapted by Íris Abravanel, widow of Silvio Santos, Giovanna Boscolo played Michelle Kubitschek Bragança who was part of a group of girls who bullied the girls who lived in the Raio de Luz orphanage, the main setting of the story. She had castmates such as Manuela do Monte, Giovanna Grigio, Gabriel Santana, Marcos Frota and João Acaiabe.
She will make her Paralympic debut at this year’s Games, but her relationship with the sport goes back a long way and began even before she knew she had Friedreich’s ataxia, a genetic neurodegenerative disease that affects balance and motor coordination, and can also affect movement. At the time, Giovanna had been practicing aerobic gymnastics since she was 11 years old and became Brazilian champion in 2014.
It was in 2015 that she began dealing with some injuries and, after a thorough medical investigation, received the diagnosis. Since then, the actress enrolled in the Biomedicine course and got to know the Paralympic Training Center in São Paulo, where she began an internship in the Sports Science area.
Encouraged by the place, Giovanna returned to the sport, started practicing athletics in 2023 and soon became bronze medalist in club throwing at the World Paralympic Athletics Championships this year, which took place in the Japanese city of Kobe.
In Paris, she will compete in the F32 class which brings together athletes with physical disabilities that affect motor coordination and muscle control . She will compete in the following modalities: shot put and club put which will take place on Sunday (30) and next Wednesday (4), respectively.
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This content was originally published in Giovanna Boscolo: meet the actress from “Chiquititas” who will be at the Paralympics on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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