Renan Gallina Explained

Renan Correa de Lima Gallina
Nationality:Brazilian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Sprint
Birth Date:15 March 2004
Birth Place:Maringá, Brazil
Pb:100m: 10.01 (Bogotá, 2023)
200m: 20.12 (Cuiaba, 2022)

Renan Correa de Lima Gallina (born 15 March 2004) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.[1]

Career

From Paraná, in 2022, Correa ran 20.12 for the 200 metres, in Cuiabá. The time was a South American U20 record. He was selected for the 2022 South American Athletics U23 Championship in Cascavel in September 2022.[2] He ran 20.15 seconds to win the gold medal in the 200 metres at the championships.[3]

Gallina ran 10.01 seconds for the 100 metres at the South American U20 Championships, in Bogotá, Colombia in May 2023. The time was a South American U20 record.[4]

In August 2023 he was selected to compete in the U20 Pan American Athletics Championship in Mayagüez.[5] He won gold in the final of the 200 metres with a time of 20.44 seconds.[6]

Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, in August 2023, he reached the semi finals with a run of 20.44 seconds in the qualifying heats.[7] In November 2023, Correa won a gold medal in the 200 meters at the Pan American games held in Santiago, Chile, in a time of 20.37 seconds.[8] At the same event he then won a second gold, running the anchor leg for the winning Brazilian 4x100m relay team.[9]

He ran as part of the Brazilian 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[10]

He qualified to represent Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Renan Correa. World Athletics. 24 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Renan Gallina stands out for Brazil in the U-23 South American Championship in Cascavel. cgn.inf.br. 24 August 2023. 23 September 2022. Diego. Cavalcante.
  3. Web site: The best South American athletes U23 Renán Correa and Anahy Suárez. atletismoperuano.com. 24 August 2023. 4 October 2022.
  4. Web site: Brasileño Renán Correa impone récord suramericano U20 en 100 metros con 10.01. 19 May 2023. Athleticspanam.org. 24 August 2023.
  5. Web site: Renán Correa de Lima Gallina, Brazilian hope in Mayagüez. atletismosudamericano.org. 24 August 2023.
  6. Web site: USA, Costa Rica and Nicaragua make history at Pan American U20 Championships. World Athletics. 24 August 2023. 7 August 2023.
  7. Web site: Men's 200m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023. 24 August 2023. Watch Athletics. 24 August 2023.
  8. Web site: Home star Weil and world champion Paulino secure Pan American Games success. World Athletics. 6 November 2023. 3 November 2023.
  9. Web site: Spectacular day of athletics at the Panam Games with Marileidy Paulino and Renan Correa as the main protagonists. Insidethegames. 6 November 2023. David Rubio. Salguerodate=3 November 2023.
  10. Web site: Watch Athletics. Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024. 12 May 2024. 5 May 2024.