Paulo Roberto Correia Explained

Paulo Roberto Correia
Nationality:	Brazilian
Sport:	Sprinting
Event:	100 metres
Birth Date:	14 February 1960
Birth Place:	São Paulo, Brazil
Height:	1.78 m
Weight:	72 kg

Paulo Roberto Correia (born 14 February 1960) is a Brazilian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1]

International competitions

Representing
1978	South American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	10.6
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	200 m	22.1
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	42.0
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	15th (qf)	200 m	21.01
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.9
1981	Universiade	Bucharest, Romania	4th (sf)	200 m	20.99^1
	South American Championships	La Paz, Bolivia	bgcolor=gold	1st	200 m	20.2
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.6
1983	Universiade	Edmonton, Canada	10th (sf)	100 m	10.50
			15th (sf)	200 m	21.25
	South American Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m	10.5
			bgcolor=gold	1st	200 m	21.3
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m relay	40.7
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.8
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	21st (qf)	100 m	10.54
			8th	4 × 100 m relay	39.40
1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France	22nd (h)	60 m	6.91

¹Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.37 (+0.2 m/s, São Paulo 1984)
• 200 metres – 20.2 (La Paz 1981)
• 200 metres – 20.98 (0.0 m/s, Ciudad Bolívar 1981)
• 400 metres – 46.6 (1980)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.91 (Paris 1985)

Notes and References

1. Paulo Roberto Correia Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/paulo-roberto-correia-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 July 2017.