Fernando Ferreira (high jumper)

Fernando Ferreira
Personal information
Full nameFernando Carvalho Ferreira Santana
Born (1994-12-13) December 13, 1994
Ribeirão Preto, Brazil[1]
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump

Fernando Carvalho Ferreira Santana (born 13 December 1994 in Ribeirão Preto) is a Brazilian athlete specialising in the high jump.[2] He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships narrowly missing the final. He also won two medals at the South American Championships. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

His personal bests are 2.30 metres (7 ft 7 in) outdoors (São Bernardo do Campo 2017) and 2.26 metres (7 ft 5 in) indoors (Nehvizdy 2020).

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Brazil
2013 South American Junior Championships Resistencia, Argentina 2nd 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)
2014 South American U23 Championships Montevideo, Uruguay 1st 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in)
2015 South American Championships Lima, Peru 1st 2.22 m (7 ft 3 in)
Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 7th 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
2016 South American U23 Championships Lima, Peru 1st 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 3rd 2.19 m (7 ft 2 in)
World Championships London, United Kingdom 17th (q) 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in)
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 2nd 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 3rd 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
2019 South American Championships Lima, Peru 2nd 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 4th 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in)
2020 South American Indoor Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 1st 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
2021 South American Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador 1st 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in)
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 21st (q) 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in)
Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain 3rd 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
2023 South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 2nd 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 16th (q) 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 5th 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
2024 South American Indoor Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 1st 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
Ibero-American Championships Cuiabá, Brazil 3rd 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)
Olympic Games Paris, France 15th (q) 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
2025 South American Indoor Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 2nd 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
South American Championships Mar del Plata, Argentina 2nd 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)

References

  1. ^ "No salto em altura, Fernando Ferreira obtém índice para o Mundial de Londres" (in Portuguese). ISTOÉ. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. ^ Fernando Ferreira at World Athletics
  3. ^ "Athletics FERREIRA Fernando". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22.


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