<span>The present study intended to evaluate psychosocial variables of Brazilian paralympic athletes, verify how these variables are related to athlete’s social identity and understand how paralympic athletes perceive their identity. The questionnaire was answered by 153 Brazilian disabled athletes, with age ranging from 18 to 56 years old (</span><em>M</em><span> = 31.91 years, </span><em>SD</em><span> = 9.46). Results indicated that disabled athletes have higher self-esteem, self-efficacy, internal locus of control and positive well-being, while having lower external locus of control, as well as negative well-being. A positive correlation between social identity and self-esteem was observed. At last, results showed that an athlete’s identity is directly related to a person overcoming his or hers disability and sports gain.</span>