Meet the brave athlete who, despite adversity, fights hard to keep going
The young Verónica Hipólito , 22 years old, is a runner of Brazilian origin. She has won countless awards and recognitions during her sporting career, and is currently the world champion in the 200-meter dash.
But the road has not been easy at all, since since the age of 14 he has gone through an infinity of health problems, including a stroke and more than 200 tumors in his digestive system.
It was at the young age of 14 that she began to suffer from terrible problems with her health. After getting up one day in the morning, half of her body felt paralyzed. Doctors informed him that he needed an operation after which he might not be able to walk again.
See this post on InstagramAnd are you acharam the same as eu ficaria sem to give news? ��. Surgery for the removal of the tumor in the head was a success! ���� Essa went to the first phase and now we will enter a moment to take exams, take remedies, and work together so that we can do better. Foram days um little complicated, com dores de cabeça, enjoos, and so many other things that custaram a paciência two meus pais @josenildahipolito e @dimashipolito, meus Médicos e do @allang_guimaraes, but we are all alive and with health �� ♥ ️ All as mensagens Positive vibrations and prayers are very important to all of us, and we thank you very much that our family sees me receiving it. . All will happen no time when it should happen, and I am respecting each phase and giving meu melhor in each one of them. Commemorating each advance with the certainty that it will happen again. Walking sozinha, eating melhor, not needing remedies for dor, and assim, passinho após passinho, you return to be melhor do than before. Once again, we would like to thank everyone who is familiar with Nessa Batalha: o Comitê Paralympico Brasileiro – CPB, aos my sponsors Nike, Nissan, Caixa, Time SP and Bolsa Pódio, aos doctors Marco Túlio, Márcio Krakauer and Edson Fernandes, and of course, to all of you who twisted around me inside and out of clues. Agora, will you take advantage of the fact that he will send me to recharge and eat lots of tasty coisas? Obrigada always! #VaiMagrela
Thanks to the constant support of his father and his family, he was able to recover unexpectedly from the operation and was able to win the 200-meter sprint competition at the World Athletics Championships for Paralympic Athletes, when he was only 17 years old.
Shortly after the competition, after undergoing routine medical check-ups, they detected another tumor in his brain. Due to the treatment she was under, she was forced to leave training and competition for a long time
Some time later, a little before the Paralympic Games in Toronto, the young athlete was diagnosed with familial adenomatous polyposis, a hereditary health problem, which caused more than 200 tumors in the large intestine.
See this post on InstagramNothing about titles and records! Isso is above all walking, all the steps taken, all the people who are living with me! Obrigada, obrigada and very obrigada! . . I bet many days of choros, dores, crises and I made it very difficult to turn to see myself, not spell, I would say that we are showing us força to the world! Vice-Champion Parapan-American �������� A nossa prata que virou ouro! Obrigada to all! Foto do mais brabo de todos: @danielzappe – and vou will give you a t-shirt by Sedex assim que eu chegar kkkkkk #VaiMagrela #TimePetrobras #NIKE #Timenissan #ajinomoto #nescau #caixa #timesp #bolsapodio
When the treatment she was under helped her eliminate around 90% of the tumors in her digestive system, Verónica returned to the athletics tracks to prepare for the Paralympic games in Rio in 2016. Thanks to her effort and great performance, the athlete was awarded two medals in the competitions.
The brain tumor reappeared in 2017, as in 2018, which did not allow her to continue training from 2017 to 2019. Despite all the difficulties, Verónica is now in better health, and trains to continue obtaining a great number of medals, practicing more than 5 hours per day.
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