Jefferson Santos

Jefferson Santos
Personal information
Born (1995-08-30) 30 August 1995 (age 29)
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportAthletics
EventDecathlon
ClubG.C. Pinheiros
Coached byJosé Cordeiro
Achievements and titles
Personal best8187 pts w
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Jefferson de Carvalho Santos[1][2] (born August 30, 1995) is a Brazilian athlete, a combined events specialist.[3] A native of São Paulo, he won the men's decathlon competition at the 2017 South American Championships in Athletics with a personal best score of 8,187 points; due to strong winds in three of the ten events, the result is labelled wind assisted in official records.[4]

  1. ^ "Decathlon Profile: Jefferson dos Santos" (PDF). Multistars 2017 – 30th International Meeting of Combined Events. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "CBAt convoca Seleção para o Mundial de Londres [Brazilian Athletics Confederation announces national team for the London Championships" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Athletics Confederation. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "Jefferson Santos – Profile" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "De Morais sets continental discus record at South American Championships". IAAF. June 25, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2017.