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| Higor Alves | |
| Fullname: | Higor Silva Alves |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Long jump |
| Pb: | Long jump: 8.18 (2014) |
| Birth Date: | 23 February 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Carapicuíba, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
| Weight: | 640NaN0 |
| Updated: | 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]
| Representing | ||||||
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| 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 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Long jump | 7.72 m (w) | |
| 2013 | Pan American Junior Championships | Medellín, Colombia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Long jump | 7.95 m |
| 2014 | South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 6th | Long jump | 7.55 m | |
| Ibero-American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Long jump | 8.00 m | |
| South American U23 Championships | Montevideo, Uruguay | bgcolor=gold | 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 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Long jump | 7.80 m | |