Diogo Ferreira (athlete) explained

Diogo Ferreira
Fullname:Diogo Miguel Pacheco Ferreira[1]
Birth Date:30 July 1990
Birth Place:Queluz, Portugal
Height:1.75 m[2]
Weight:77 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Pole vault
Education:Universidade Lusófona[3]
Club:Benfica
Coach:Pedro Pinto

Diogo Miguel Pacheco Ferreira (born 30 July 1990 in Queluz) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the pole vault. He won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. In addition, he represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without clearing any height.

His personal bests in the event are 5.71 metres outdoors (Lisbon 2017) and 5.60 metres indoors (Potsdam 2015)[4] The former is the current national record.

International competitions

Representing
2009European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia15th (q)4.70 m
2010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain7th5.05 m
2011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic16th (q)4.95 m
2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland11th (q)5.50 m1
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic18th (q)5.25 m
UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea11th (q)5.20 m1
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands19th (q)5.35 m
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United KingdomNM
UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwanbgcolor=gold1st5.55 m
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany25th (q)5.36 m
1No mark in the final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diogo Ferreira | Estatísticas do Atletismo Português, por Manuel Arons de Carvalho. atletismo-estatistica.pt. 2017-09-05.
  2. Web site: European Athletics - Athlete: Diogo Ferreira. european-athletics.org. 2017-09-05.
  3. Web site: Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade (Athletics) Athlete Profile : FERREIRA Diogo . data.2017.gov.taipei. 2017-09-05.
  4. Web site: Profile of Diogo FERREIRA. All-Athletics.com. 2017-09-05.