Fernando Ferreira (high jumper)

Fernando Ferreira

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Carvalho Ferreira Santana
Born	(1994-12-13) December 13, 1994 (age 30) Ribeirão Preto, Brazil[1]
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 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.^[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)

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.

External links

• Fernando Ferreira at World Athletics
• Fernando Ferreira at Olympedia