Higor Alves

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Higor Alves
Personal information
Full nameHigor Silva Alves
Born (1994-02-23) 23 February 1994 (age 27)
Carapicuíba, São Paulo,
Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Long jump: 8.18 (2014)
Updated on 11 February 2017.

Higor Silva Alves (born February 23, 1994) is a Brazilian long jumper.[1] A member of the host nation's track and field squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Alves registered his best jump at 8.19 m from the Brazilian Championships in São Paulo a month before the Games.[2]

Alves competed for the host nation Brazil in the men's long jump at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Leading up to his maiden Games, he obtained a mark of 8.19 m to successfully earn the national title and clear the IAAF Olympic entry standard (8.15) by four centimetres.[2][3] In the qualifying phase, Alves spanned his opening legal jump at 7.59 m, but fouled in the succeeding two attempts that saw him tumble down the leaderboard, finishing in twenty-eighth place from a field of thirty-two athletes.[4][5]

Competition record[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Brazil
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France – Long jump NM
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 20th (q) Long jump 7.26 m
South American U23 Championships São Paulo, Brazil 2nd Long jump 7.72 m (w)
2013 Pan American Junior Championships Medellín, Colombia 1st Long jump 7.95 m
2014 South American Games Santiago, Chile 6th Long jump 7.55 m
Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 2nd Long jump 8.00 m
South American U23 Championships Montevideo, Uruguay 1st Long jump 7.60 m
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 10th Long jump 7.60 m
World Championships Beijing, China 27th (q) Long jump 7.60 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 28th (q) Long jump 7.59 m
South American U23 Championships Lima, Peru 1st Long jump 7.80 m

References[]

  1. ^ "Higor Alves". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Murer soars over South American record of 4.87m at Brazilian Championships". IAAF. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Higor Alves obtém índice para o Rio 2016 e Duda aguarda vaga como cotista" [Higor Alves seals berth for Rio 2016, Duda awaits for the wildcard invitation]. Terra Networks. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Higor Alves é eliminado no salto em distância na fase classificatória" [Higor Alves eliminated from the qualifying phase of the long jump competition] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Athletics: Men's Long Jump Qualification Round". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.

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