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Ansioso para saber notícias do primeiro dia do colóquio a que minha esposa foi em Natal quando recebo uma foto dela nua em um quarto abraçada a um homem: “Oi, amor! Este é o Andreas, um querido que conheci no avião vindo para cá. Cheguei bastante cansada, mas já tomei banho e agora vou relaxar um pouquinho aqui com meu novo amigo. Esspero que um dia ele vá nos visitar - você vai adorar conhecê-lo. Dá um beijo nas crianças. Te amo, meu bem”.
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Ansioso para saber notícias do primeiro dia do colóquio a que minha esposa foi em Natal quando recebo uma foto dela nua em um quarto abraçada a um homem: “Oi, amor! Este é o Andreas, um querido que conheci no avião vindo para cá. Cheguei bastante cansada, mas já tomei banho e agora vou relaxar um pouquinho aqui com meu novo amigo. Esspero que um dia ele vá nos visitar - você vai adorar conhecê-lo. Dá um beijo nas crianças. Te amo, meu bem”.
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Junior França is an amazing 25 year old paralympic weightlifter from Brazil. Junior was born and raised in the city of Natal, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte.
Junior has been a wheelchair user for all his life because of Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita(AMC). This is a congenital condition which causes joint contractures, stiffness and muscle weakness in some or all of one’s limbs. Fortunately, only Junior’s lower limbs were affected, albeit in a very serious way. Junior has never been able to use his legs in any way and because his knees and ankles have always stood in a completely fixed position, he has some slight deformations in both his legs. Moreover, his leg muscles eventually completely wasted away and the bones in his legs became severely weakened, a condition also known as muscular atrophy.
As Natal has always been poorly accessible, Junior’s youth often had its challenges. Public transportation wasn’t adjusted for wheelchair users, sidewalks were often tough to navigate and buildings only seldom were equipped with elevators. Frustrating as it sometimes was, the tough streets Junior conquered with his wheelchair and the stairs he regularly had to climb with only the use of his arms made his upper body unbelievably strong!
Junior started weightlifting at the age of 18 after being encouraged by a good friend and after only two years, he already represented Brazil in the Paralympic Games of 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Now, his goal is set for getting some great results at the 2021 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, for which he has recently been selected!
Besides his athletic aspirations, Junior graduated from a degree in law school two years ago and last year, the love of his life and fellow paralympian Maria Clementino gave birth to a beautiful son!
If you’d like, you can follow Junior on Instagram or you can visit his official Facebook page by clicking the link down below!
