Núbia Aparecida Soares (born 26 March 1996) is a Brazilian athlete whose specialty is the triple jump.[2] She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Núbia Soares
Personal information
Born (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 28)
Lagoa da Prata, Brazil
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventTriple jump
ClubClube Atletismo BM&F Bovespa
Coached byNeilton Moura

Her personal bests in the event are 14.69 metres outdoors (Sotteville-lès-Rouen 2018) and 14.00 metres indoors (Birmingham 2018).

Before turning to athletics, she was a handball player.[4]

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   Brazil
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 4th Triple jump 13.60 m
Pan American Junior Championships Medellin, Colombia 3rd Triple jump 13.33 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 8th Triple jump 13.53 m (w)
South American U23 Championships Montevideo, Uruguay 2nd Triple jump 13.31 m
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 11th Triple jump 13.57 m (w)
Pan American Junior Championships Edmonton, Canada 1st Triple jump 14.16 m (w)
World Championships Beijing, China 22nd (q) Triple jump 13.52 m
2016 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd Triple jump 14.00 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 34rd (q) Triple jump 13.85 m
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 1st Triple jump 14.42 m (w)
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 9th Triple jump 14.00 m
South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 1st Triple jump 14.59 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 17th (q) Triple jump 14.07 m
2022 Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain Triple jump NM
South American Games Asunción, Paraguay 3rd Triple jump 13.10 m
2023 Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 6th Triple jump 12.78 m

References

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  1. ^ "2018 South American Games bio". Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  2. ^ Núbia Soares at World Athletics  
  3. ^ "Athletics SOARES Nubia". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Ex-jogadora de handebol, Núbia Soares é campeã do salto triplo no Troféu Brasil" (in Portuguese). www.clubedeatletismo.org.br. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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