Ricardo Santana is a Paralympian athlete from Venezuela competing mainly in category T12 sprint events.

Ricardo Santana
Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Representing  Venezuela
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 100 metres - T12
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 4x100m - T11-13
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 200 metres - T13
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 200 metres - T12
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 4x100m - T11-13

Ricardo has competed and medalled at three Paralympics. His first was in Sydney in 2000 where having competed in the T13 100m and 400m he picked up a bronze medal in the T13 200m. In the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens having been reclassified into T12 won a silver medal in the 100m and a bronze in the 200m and was part of the Venezuelan team that finished third in the T11-13 4 × 100 m relay. His third appearance was in 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing where he failed to win any medals in the T12 100m or 200m but did win a silver as part of the T11-13 4 × 100 m team.

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