{"id":11889,"date":"2023-05-29T11:20:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T14:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br.alluring-pink-stork.72-61-35-14.cpanel.site\/?p=11889"},"modified":"2023-05-29T11:21:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T14:21:33","slug":"beyond-the-borders-a-young-man-from-santo-andre-represents-brazil-in-a-world-wheelchair-basketball-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/alem-das-fronteiras-jovem-andreense-representa-o-brasil-em-competicao-mundial-de-basquete-paralimpico\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond borders: young player from Santo Andr\u00e9 represents Brazil in global wheelchair basketball competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mancheteDestaque\">\n<p class=\"linhaFina materia\">S\u00e9rgio Veiga, 19 years old, is preparing for the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Competing on the international stage is a dream that is about to come true for S\u00e9rgio Veiga, from Santo Andr\u00e9. At birth, the young man was diagnosed with myelomeningocele, a spinal cord deficiency, and at age 8, he found himself in the world of paralytic basketball.<\/p>\n<p>The athlete's first contact with the sport was at a sports arena booth during Reatech, Latin America's renowned accessibility fair. At first, Veiga began his career at the Sports Association for the Disabled in S\u00e3o Paulo, and since then he has focused on his career, even winning the title of Brazilian champion.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the athlete is part of the Brazilian National Team and the team secured a spot for the World Championship to be held in Dubai, starting on June 11. \u201cI worked hard to achieve this goal. I make a living from sports,\u201d S\u00e9rgio emphasizes.<\/p>\n<p>The team's preparation is in full swing for the moment. First, the squad is training in Rio de Janeiro and, afterward, they traveled to the United Arab Emirates. DGABC TV spoke with the athlete at Parque Central to learn a little more about his routine, achievements, and awards. Check out the Reels on our social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Source: www.dgabc.com.br<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e9rgio Veiga, 19 anos, est\u00e1 em prepara\u00e7\u00e3o para o Campeonato Mundial de Basquete Paral\u00edmpico em Dubai. Competir no cen\u00e1rio internacional \u00e9 um sonho que est\u00e1 prestes a se tornar realidade para o andreense S\u00e9rgio Veiga. Ao nascer, o jovem foi diagnosticado com mielomeningocele, uma defici\u00eancia na coluna vertebral, e aos 8 anos, se encontrou no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11889"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11894,"href":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11889\/revisions\/11894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reatechbrasil.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}