| Ricardo de Souza | |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | 100 metres |
| Nationality: | Brazilian |
| Club: | Benfica |
| Birth Date: | 21 September 1994 |
| Height: | 1.75 m[1] |
| Weight: | 70 kg |
| Pb: | 100 m: 10.21 (2016) |
Ricardo Mário de Souza (born 21 September 1994) is a Brazilian track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres. He represented the host nation at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He holds a personal best of 10.21 seconds for the 100 m.
He emerged in 2013 with three medals at the 2013 South American Junior Championships in Athletics.[2] He enjoyed success with the Brazilian 4 × 100 metres relay team, taking bronze at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships,[3] a gold at the 2014 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, and a silver at the 2016 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held in Rio de Janeiro.[4]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics he led off a team including Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Bruno de Barros, and Jorge Vides that placed sixth in the final.[1]
All information from All-Athletics profile.[5]
| 2013 | South American Junior Championships | Resistencia, Argentina | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 100 m | 10.42 |
| 3rd | 200 m | 21.55 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.32 | |||
| Pan American Junior Championships | Medellín, Colombia | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.96 | ||
| 2014 | South American U23 Championships | Montevideo, Uruguay | 4th | 100 m | 10.64 | |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.74 | |||
| 2016 | Ibero-American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.65 |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.41 | ||
| South American U23 Championships | Lima, Peru | 3rd | 100 m | 10.47 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.86 | |||