Susana Cristina Carvalheira Barroso (born 10 June 1974) is a retired Portuguese Paralympic swimmer and boccia player who competes in international level events. She was the first Portuguese swimmers to win a medal in swimming at the Summer Paralympics and was the most medalled female Paralympian for her country.^[1][2]

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Susana Carvalheira Barroso

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Full name	Susana Cristina Carvalheira Barroso
Born	(1974-06-10) 10 June 1974 (age 49) Lisbon, Portugal
Sport
Country	Portugal
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Disability	Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Disability class	S3
Medal record Paralympic swimming Representing  Portugal Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta Women's 50m freestyle S3 1996 Atlanta Women's 50m backstroke S3 2000 Sydney Women's 50m backstroke S3 1992 Barcelona Women's 50m backstroke S3-4 1996 Atlanta Women's 100m freestyle S3 2004 Athens Women's 50m backstroke S3 World Championships 1994 Malta Women's 50m backstroke S3 1994 Malta Women's 50m freestyle S3 1998 Christchurch Women's 50m backstroke S3 1998 Christchurch Women's 50m freestyle S3 1998 Christchurch Women's 100m freestyle S3 2002 Mar del Plata Women's 50m backstroke S3 2002 Mar del Plata Women's 4x50m freestyle relay 20pts

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Barroso had a fourteen-year swimming career starting in 1991 where she won a bronze medal in a European swimming championships for disabled swimmers and retired from swimming in 2005. She played boccia two years after her retirement and returned to the Paralympics eight years later at the 2012 Summer Paralympics when she competed in boccia where she did not medal in her event.^[3]