Andressa de Morais explained

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Andressa de Morais
Fullname:	Andressa Oliveira de Morais
Birth Date:	21 December 1990
Birth Place:	João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Height:	1.78m (05.84feet)
Weight:	100kg (200lb)
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Discus
Updated:	7 October 2015

Andressa Oliveira de Morais (born December 21, 1990) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the discus throw. With a throw of 64.21 meters she achieved at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships she became the South American record holder.

In 2019, at Leiria, Portugal, she broke the South American record in Discus Throw, with a mark of 65.34.^[1]

At the 2019 Pan American Games, she won the silver medal in Discus Throw, breaking the South American record, with a mark of 65.98. It was reported she tested positive at the Games, and was later provisionally suspended.^[2]

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3]

International competitions

2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	5th	Discus throw	50.39 m
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	20th (q)	Discus throw	47.44 m
	South American U23 Championships	Lima, Peru	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Discus throw	51.24 m
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	5th	Discus throw	51.36 m
			6th	Hammer throw	58.12 m
	South American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	bgcolor=gold	1st	Discus throw	55.27 m
			bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	55.26 m
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	bgcolor=gold	1st	Discus throw	55.28 m
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	Hammer throw	55.01 m
2010	South American U23 Championships	Medellín, Colombia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Discus throw	53.28 m
			bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	55.95 m
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	5th	Discus throw	54.20 m
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	bgcolor=gold	1st	Discus throw	57.54 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	18th (q)	Discus throw	57.93 m
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	bgcolor=gold	1st	Discus throw	64.21 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	16th (q)	Discus throw	60.94 m
	South American U23 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	bgcolor=gold	1st	Discus throw	57.66 m
2013	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	5th	Discus throw	53.66 m
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	4th	Discus throw	52.62 m
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	Discus throw	57.82 m
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	bgcolor=gold	1st	Discus throw	61.15 m
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	6th	Discus throw	58.08 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	19th (q)	Discus throw	59.08 m
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Discus throw	59.07 m
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	Discus throw	55.28 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	21st (q)	Discus throw	57.38 m
2017	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	bgcolor=gold	1st	Discus throw	64.68 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	11th	Discus throw	60.00 m
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	bgcolor=gold	1st	Discus throw	58.86 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	bgcolor=gold	1st	Discus throw	62.02 m
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	bgcolor=gold	1st	Discus throw	62.42 m
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	bgcolor=pink	DSQ	Discus throw	65.98 m	Doping
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	20th (q)	Discus throw	58.90 m
2022	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	3rd	Discus throw	58.33 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	20th (q)	Discus throw	58.11 m
	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Discus throw	60.10 m
2023	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	Discus throw	59.92 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	17th (q)	Discus throw	59.15 m
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Discus throw	59.29 m
2024	Ibero-American Championships	Cuiabá, Brazil	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Discus throw	60.37 m

Personal bests

• Discus Throw – 65.34 (Leiria 2019)
• Hammer Throw – 58.89 (São Paulo 2012)

External links

• • https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/andressa-de-morais-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032646/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/andressa-de-morais-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18.

Notes and References

1. News: De Morais breaks South American discus record in Leiria. Globoesporte. Globoesporte. 26 June 2019. 9 July 2019.
2. News: Brazilian discus thrower suspended over doping. sport24. sport24. 6 September 2019. 8 September 2019.
3. Web site: Athletics de MORAIS Andressa. dead. 2021-08-22. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 2021-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20210822232602/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1354893-de-morais-andressa.htm.