Mariana D'Andrea

Mariana D'Andrea, born on 12 February 1998, is a Brazilian Paralympic powerlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 73 kilogram event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, the first gold medal in powerlifting at the Paralympics for a competitor representing Brazil. A few months later she took the silver medal in her event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia. She earlier competed in the women's 61 kilogram event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Mexico City without a successful lift, won silver in the mixed team event at the 2019 World championships in Nur-Sultan, and won gold at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima with a new Parapan American record of 114.35 kilograms.