Higor Alves

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]

Higor Alves
Personal information
Full nameHigor Silva Alves
Born (1994-02-23) 23 February 1994
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.

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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. "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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