Altevir de Araújo

Altevir Silva de Araújo Filho (born December 23, 1955) is a retired sprinter from Brazil, he was a Brazilian champion,^[1] but he was best known for winning two gold medals (100 and 200 metres) at the 1979 South American Championships in Bucaramanga, Colombia.^[2]

He represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the second round of the men's 200 metres. In the same tournament he finished in 8th place with the men's relay team in the 4x100 metres, alongside Milton de Castro, Nelson Rocha dos Santos, and Katsuhiko Nakaya.^[3]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Brazil
1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	4th	200 m	20.60
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.44
			4th	Long jump	7.73 m
	Universiade	Mexico City, Mexico	4th	200 m	20.43
			8th	4 × 100 m relay	42.82
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.61
	World Cup	Montreal, Canada	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.70^1
	South American Championships	Bucaramanga, Colombia	1st	100 m	10.1
			1st	200 m	20.5
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.2
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	22nd (qf)	200 m	21.22
			8th	4 × 100 m relay	39.54
1981	South American Championships	La Paz, Bolivia	2nd	100 m	10.3
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.6

¹Representing the Americas

Personal bests

^[4]

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.28 (Santiago de Chile 1979)
• 200 metres – 20.43 (+1.8 m/s, Mexico City 1979)
• Long jump – 7.87 (Rio de Janeiro 1978)

References

1. Brazilian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-09-27.
2. South American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-09-27.
3. Altevir de Araujo. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-09-27.
4. Brazilian all-time lists (archived)

• 1979 Year Rankings