Career
His personal best of 17.89 metres, set on October 15, 1975 in Pan American Games, stood as the world record until 1985. As of today, it is still in the top twenty of all-time best results in the event. In 1981, he was in a car accident near São Paulo in which he lost one legal
Afterward, he became a vocal advocate for the rights of the disabled.
He died in 1999 from complications of alcoholism.
