Andressa de Morais

Andressa de Morais

Personal information
Full name	Andressa Oliveira de Morais
Born	(1990-12-21) December 21, 1990 (age 31) João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Brazil Pan American Games Disqualified 2019 Lima Discus throw Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong Discus throw South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Discus throw
Updated on 7 October 2015.

Andressa Oliveira de Morais (born December 21, 1990) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the discus throw.^[1] With a throw of 64.21 meters she achieved at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships she became the South American record holder.

In 2019, at Leiria, Portugal, she broke the South American record in Discus Throw, with a mark of 65.34.^[2]

At the 2019 Pan American Games, she won the silver medal in Discus Throw, breaking the South American record, with a mark of 65.98. It was reported she tested positive at the Games, and was later provisionally suspended.^[3]

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Competition record[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Brazil
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	5th	Discus throw	50.39 m
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	20th (q)	Discus throw	47.44 m
	South American U23 Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	Discus throw	51.24 m
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	5th	Discus throw	51.36 m
			6th	Hammer throw	58.12 m
	South American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	Discus throw	55.27 m
			1st	Hammer throw	55.26 m
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	Discus throw	55.28 m
			2nd	Hammer throw	55.01 m
2010	South American U23 Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	Discus throw	53.28 m
			1st	Hammer throw	55.95 m
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	5th	Discus throw	54.20 m
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	Discus throw	57.54 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	18th (q)	Discus throw	57.93 m
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	Discus throw	64.21 m (AR)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	16th (q)	Discus throw	60.94 m
	South American U23 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	Discus throw	57.66 m
2013	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	5th	Discus throw	53.66 m
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	4th	Discus throw	52.62 m
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	Discus throw	57.82 m
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Discus throw	61.15 m
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	6th	Discus throw	58.08 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	19th (q)	Discus throw	59.08 m
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	2nd	Discus throw	59.07 m
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	Discus throw	55.28 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	21st (q)	Discus throw	57.38 m
2017	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	Discus throw	64.68 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	11th	Discus throw	60.00 m
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	Discus throw	58.86 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	1st	Discus throw	62.02 m
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Discus throw	62.42 m
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	DSQ	Discus throw	65.98 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	20th (q)	Discus throw	58.90 m

Personal bests[]

• Discus Throw – 65.98 (Lima 2019)
• Hammer Throw – 58.89 (São Paulo 2012)

References[]

External links[]

• Andressa de Morais at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andressa de Morais". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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