Luiz Maurício da Silva
Personal information | |
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Full name | Luiz Mauricio Dias da Silva |
Born | Juiz de Fora, Brazil | 17 January 2000
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Javelin throw |
Luiz Mauricio Dias da Silva (born 17 January 2000) is a Brazilian athlete specialising in the javelin throw.[1] He represented his country at the 2023 World Championships without qualifying for the final.
On June 30, 2024, competing in the Brazil Trophy, held in São Paulo, he achieved a mark of 85.57 m, breaking the South American record for the event and also beating the Olympic index, which was 85.50 m. With this, he obtained a place for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he achieved a mark of 85.91m in the qualification, breaking the South American record again and qualifying for the final in sixth place. It was the first time that a Brazilian qualified for the javelin throw final at the Olympics - in the 1932 Games, Heitor Medina finished in 11th place, when there were no qualifiers for this event. In the final, he did not achieve the same performance as in the qualifying phase, but finished in 11th place with a mark of 80.67m, equaling the best mark in Brazil's history at the Olympics.[3][4][5][6]
His personal best in the event is 85.91 metres set in Paris in 2024.
International competitions
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Luiz Maurício da Silva at World Athletics
- ^ Paris 2024: Luiz Maurício garante vaga olímpica no lançamento do dardo
- ^ Men's Javelin Throw Qualification Results
- ^ Luiz Maurício da Silva quebra recorde sul-americano e vai à final do lançamento de dardo
- ^ Luiz Maurício encerra jejum de quase 100 anos e vai à final do lançamento do dardo em Paris
- ^ Luiz Maurício da Silva é 11º lugar na final do lançamento de dardo
- Luiz Maurício da Silva at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Brazilian male javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 South American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Brazil
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Brazil
- Sportspeople from Juiz de Fora
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Brazil
- Brazilian athletics biography stubs