Raíssa Rocha Machado | |
Nickname: | Boto |
Birth Date: | 17 May 1996 |
Birth Place: | Ibipeba, Bahia, Brazil |
Hometown: | Uberaba, Brazil |
Height: | 1.64 m |
Sport: | Paralympic athletics |
Disability Class: | F56 |
Event: | Javelin throw |
Raíssa Rocha Machado (born 17 May 1996) is a Brazilian Paralympic javelin thrower.[1]
Machado competed at the 2015 Parapan American Games, where she won a bronze medal.[2] At the 2019 Parapan American Games, she won a gold medal.
Machado finished sixth at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3] [4] She qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.