Sportspeople from Recife

Rafael_Everton

Rafael Everton Lira (born 27 January 1989 in Recife, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional football coach and manager. He was the former head coach of the Nigerian Professional Football League club Akwa United F.C. He was appointed coach of Akwa United F.C. on 5 November 2018. He has resigned from the head coach of Nigeria National League club, Vandrezzer FC.

Natália_Mayara

Nátalia Mayara Azevedo da Costa (born 3 April 1994) is a former Brazilian wheelchair tennis player who competed in international level events. She is a double gold medalist at the 2015 Parapan American Games and competed at the Paralympic Games twice.Mayara lost her legs after she was hit by a bus that went onto a sidewalk. She began playing tennis and swimming aged eleven and she pursued a career in wheelchair tennis when she participated at a youth world championship as a junior tennis player in 2011.

Jenifer_Santos

Jenifer Martins dos Santos (born 30 June 1989) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete who competes in international elite competitions, she participates in sprinting and long jump events. She is a triple Parapan American Games champion and has competed at the Paralympic Games three times, her highest achievement is finishing in fourth place in the 100m T38 at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

João_Lucas_Reis_da_Silva

João Lucas Reis da Silva (born 26 March 2000) is a Brazilian tennis player.
Reis da Silva has a career high ATP singles ranking of 259 achieved on 8 May 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 204 achieved on 13 November 2023.Reis da Silva has won 1 ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Challenger de Santiago with Pedro Boscardin Dias.

Kiko_Porto

Francisco "Kiko" Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsis.ku ˈki.ku ˈpoʁ.tu]; born 28 August 2003) is a Brazilian racing driver who competes full-time in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship, driving for DEForce Racing. He is the champion of the 2021 U.S. F2000 National Championship.

Rafaello_Oliveira

Rafaello Oliveira Ferreira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁafaˈɛlu oliˈvejɾɐ]; born January 26, 1982) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Phelipe_Rodrigues

Phelipe Andrews Melo Rodrigues (born 10 August 1990) is a paralympic swimmer from Brazil competing mainly in category S10 events. He was born with a club foot and had two surgeries when he was just four weeks old. After his second surgery when his foot was in the right position he had an infection which made his leg blow the knee and specially his tendon to stop growing, disabling his right foot movements. He started swimming when he was 8 months as physiotherapy. He also tried many different sports but his passion since childhood was swimming.