Fernando Ferreira (high jumper)

Fernando Ferreira
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Carvalho Ferreira Santana
Born	December 13, 1994 (age 29); Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump

Fernando Carvalho Ferreira Santana (born 13 December 1994 in Ribeirão Preto) is a Brazilian athlete specialising in the high jump.^[3] 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.^[4]

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[edit]

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)
2015	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)
2017	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)
2018	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)
2019	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)
2021	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)
2022	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)

References[edit]

^ "No salto em altura, Fernando Ferreira obtém índice para o Mundial de Londres" (in Portuguese). ISTOÉ. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ "2015 Pan Am Games bio". toronto2015.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ Fernando Ferreira at World Athletics
^ "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.

External links[edit]

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[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] "2015 Pan Am Games bio". toronto2015.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[3] Fernando Ferreira at World Athletics

[4] "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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