Augusto Dutra da Silva de Oliveira (born 16 July 1990) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault. He has personal bests of 5.82 metres (outdoor) and 5.71 m (indoors).[1]
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| Full name | Augusto Dutra da Silva de Oliveira | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 16, 1990 Marília, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Born in Marília in Brazil's São Paulo state, de Oliveira first competed internationally in 2009: he won the South American Junior title with a vault of 4.90 metres and placed fourth at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[2][3] His personal best that year was 5.00 m.[4] He began training under Elson Miranda, a former pole vaulter, with the Clube Atletismo BM&F Bovespa.[5]
The following year he took the title at the 2010 South American Games (which doubled as the South American Under-23 Championships).[6] He improved his best to 5.40 metres in May and went on to place second nationally at the Brazilian Athletics Championships. He was fourth at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics. His 2012 was highlighted by a new personal best of 5.45 m and a silver medal at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.[7]
At the beginning of 2013, he rapidly ascended to the top of the regional rankings. He cleared a South American indoor record of 5.66 m, then another of 5.71 m in March.[8] He won at the Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo with an outdoor best of 5.70 m, beating reigning South American champion Fabio Gomes da Silva.[9] Later that week in Uberlândia, he broke da Silva's outdoor continental mark with a vault of 5.81 m.[8]
On June 22, 2013, he broke the South American record again with a 5.82 mark.[10]
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11]
Personal bests
edit- Pole vault: 5.82 m –
Hof, 22 June 2013
International competition record
editReferences
edit- ^ IAAF Profile Archived August 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ South American Junior Championships 2009 Archived August 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-05-18.
- ^ Pan American Junior Championships 2009 Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-05-18.
- ^ Augusto de Oliveira Archived August 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-05-18.
- ^ Augusto Dutra. BM&F Bovespa. Retrieved on 2013-05-18.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-03-24). 100m record at South American U23 champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-05-18.
- ^ Augusto Dutra de Oliveira. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-05-18.
- ^ a b Mulkeen, Jon (2013-05-17). De Oliveira sets South American Pole Vault record in Uberlandia. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-05-19.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2013-05-12). Reve and Lemos Silva are hot in Belem - IAAF World Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-05-19.
- ^ Augusto Dutra and Fabiana Murer takes gold in competition in Germany
- ^ "Athletics DUTRA Augusto". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
