Ana Cláudia Silva (athlete)

{{Short description|Brazilian Paralympic athlete (born 1987)}}

{{About||other people with the same or similar names|Ana Cláudia Silva (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Ana Cláudia Silva

| image = Ana Cláudia Silva Rio2016 cr.jpg

| caption = Ana Cláudia Silva in final of T42 long jump at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

| full_name = Ana Cláudia Maria da Silva

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|23 December 1987}}

| birth_place = Nazaré da Mata, Pernambuco, Brazil

| hometown = Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

| disability_class = T42, T63

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Women's para athletics}}

{{Medal|Country|{{FlagIPC|BRA}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|Parapan American Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|2023 Santiago|Athletics at the 2023 Parapan American Games}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2015 Doha|100 m T42}}

}}

Ana Cláudia Silva (born 23 December 1987), also known as Ana Cláudia Maria da Silva, is a Brazilian para athlete who has competed in the T42{{cite web |url=https://lexi.global/sports/athletics/track/t42 |title=Track: T42 |work=Lexi |access-date=18 February 2024 |quote=T42 is for athletes with movement moderately affected in one leg or the absence of limbs.}} and T63{{cite web |url=https://lexi.global/sports/athletics/jump/t63-t42-61-63 |title=Long Jump: T63 (T42/61/63) |work=Lexi |access-date=18 February 2024 |quote=T63 is for jumpers with available movement moderately affected in one leg or the absence of limbs above the knee.}} classifications.{{Cite web |title=da SILVA Ana Claudia Maria |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1376418-da-silva-ana-claudia-maria.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903071150/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1376418-da-silva-ana-claudia-maria.htm |archive-date=3 September 2021 |access-date=18 February 2024 |quote=Date of Birth: 23 Dec 1987 / Sport Class: T42 / Place of birth: NAZARE DA MATA / Place of residence : RECIFE}}

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she earned a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m T42 event and finished 4th in the Women's long jump T42 event.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/ana-claudia-silva |title=Ana Claudia Silva |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=18 February 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://cpb.org.br/atletas/ana-claudia-maria-da-silva/ |title=Ana Cláudia |website=CPB.org.br |language=pt-br |publisher=Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro |access-date=18 February 2024}}

At the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, she finished 4th in the Women's 100 m T42 event and 5th in the Women's long jump T42 event.

At the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, she competed in the Women's 100 m T63 and Women's long jump T63 events.

At the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, she earned a silver medal in the long jump event.