Wagner Domingos
Personal information | |
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Full name | Wagner José Alberto Carvalho Domingos |
Nickname | Montanha |
Born | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil | March 26, 1983
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 118 kg (260 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hammer throw |
Updated on 25 January 2015 |
Wagner José Alberto Carvalho Domingos (born 26 March 1983 in Recife) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the hammer throw. His personal best of 78.63 metres (2016) is the current South American record.[1]
In the first half of 2016, Domingos broke 3 times the Brazilian record of Hammer Throw: launched the hammer to 75,60m in May in Zagreb; 75,62m in Varazdin, and 76,12m in Zagreb again. The first time he broke the Brazilian record in 2005, the best mark in the country was 66,30m. Until then, the record was not improved since 1978.[2]
On June 20, 2016, he finally broke the South American record for the hammer throw with 78,63m. The South American record was 76.42m, belonged to the Argentine Juan Cerra until 2006. Brazil again had a representative at the Olympic Games in this event, which has not happened since Carmine Di Giorgi played it in Los Angeles 1932.[3]
In December 2012, he married javelin thrower Laila Ferrer e Silva.[4]
Personal best
[edit]- Hammer throw: 78.63 m –
Celje, 19 June 2016
Competition record
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "News From Around the World - EME NEWS (JUN 19, 2016)". american-trackandfield.com. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ Montanha quebra o recorde no martelo pela 3ª vez no ano e se aproxima de índice
- ^ Wagner Domingos bate recorde sul-americano no lançamento de martelo e faz índice olímpico
- ^ Cordovano, Ana Carolina (28 June 2012), Wagner Domingos lamenta não acompanhar namorada em Londres – Sem vaga no lançamento do martelo, Montanha prefere torcer por Laila Ferrer, do dardo, em casa (in Portuguese), Internet Group, retrieved May 11, 2014
External links
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- World Athletics Championships athletes for Brazil
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- Olympic athletes for Brazil
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- South American Games medalists in athletics
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