Lenine Cunha

{{short description|Portuguese Paralympic athlete}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

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|name = Lenine Cunha

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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|12|04|df=y}}

|birth_place = Mafamude, Portugal

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|nationality = Portuguese

|height = {{convert|176 |cm|ftin}}

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|sport = Track and field

|disability_class=(T20)

|event = long jump

|country = Portugal

|coach = Jose Costa Pereira

|club = Sport Club Lenine Cunha

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{{MedalSport|Paralympic athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze |2012 London | Long jump - F20}}

{{MedalCompetition|IPC World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 2011 Christchurch | Long jump - T20}}

{{MedalBronze| 2013 Lyon | Long jump - T20}}

{{MedalGold| 2015 Doha | Triple jump - T20}}

{{MedalCompetition | IPC European Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Swansea | Long jump - T20 }}

{{MedalBronze | 2012 Stadskanaal | Long jump - T20 }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Grosseto | Long jump - T20 }}

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Lenine Cunha (born 4 December 1982) is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal who competes in T20 classification long jump and triple jump events.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/doha-2015/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_QA2015AT@@@@@@@ENG_number=10520.htm|title=Cunha, Lenine|work=paralympic.org|accessdate=22 August 2016}} Cunha represented Portugal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, in both the long jump and the 100 metre sprint. It would be 12 years until Cunha could again compete at the Paralympics due to the T20 classification being removed from the program due to a scandal at the 2000 Games. With the reintroduction of the T20 class at the 2012 London Games he finished third to take the bronze medal in the long jump. In 2015 Cunha won the gold medal in the triple jump at the IPC World Championships in Doha.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=904030|title=Cunha, Lenine|work=IPC|accessdate=22 August 2016|archive-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826055232/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=904030|url-status=dead}}

In 2024, during the Paralympic Games, Lenine Cunha was elected to the IPC Athletes' Council, being the one with the most votes and the first on the Council with an intellectual disability. He and the other 5 newly elected athletes participated in the closing ceremony of the Games.{{cite web |title=Paris 2024: New IPC Athletes’ Council elected |url=https://www.paralympic.org/paris-2024/news/new-ipc-athletes-council-elected |website=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=16 September 2024 |language=en |date=6 September 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Mazumdar |first1=Mousumi |title=Lenine Cunha Elected To The IPC Athletes’ Council With Highest Votes |url=https://www.virtus.sport/lenine-cunha-elected-to-the-ipc-athletes-council-with-highest-votes |website=Virtus Sport |access-date=16 September 2024 |date=6 September 2024}}