Higor Alves

Higor Alves

Personal information
Full name	Higor Silva Alves
Born	(1994-02-23) 23 February 1994 (age 30) Carapicuíba, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Long jump: 8.18 (2014)
Updated on 11 February 2017

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]

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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.

External links

• Higor Alves at World Athletics