Alison dos Santos

Alison dos Santos
Santos winning the World Championships in 2022
Personal information
Full nameAlison Brendom Alves dos Santos[1]
Born (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 24)[1]
São Joaquim da Barra, São Paulo, Brazil[1][2]
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)[1]
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportAthletics
Event400 m hurdles
ClubPinheiros-SP
Coached byFelipe de Siqueira da Silva
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (2023)
Personal bests400 m hurdles: 46.29 AR (Eugene 2022)

Alison Brendom Alves dos Santos (born 3 June 2000)[3] is a Brazilian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He is a bronze medalist from the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, the 2022 World Champion and the third fastest athlete in the history of the event, in addition to being a gold medalist in the 2019 Pan American Games. Dos Santos is currently the South American and Pan American record holder in the competition.

He was the 2022 Diamond League 400 m hurdles champion.

  1. ^ a b c d "Alison dos Santos". Olympedia.org. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  2. ^ Fraga, João (20 April 2019). "Alison dos Santos quebra recorde sul-americano sub-20". Olimpiada Todo Dia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. ^ Alison dos Santos at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata