José Luíz Barbosa
José Luíz Barbosa 
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| birthday | 27th May 1961 (age 59) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||
| size | 184 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | 800 meter run | |||||||||||||||||||||
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José Luíz Barbosa (born May 27, 1961 in Três Lagoas , Mato Grosso do Sul ) is a former Brazilian athlete whose specialty was the 800-meter run .
Sporting successes
Barbosa participated in four Olympic Games ( 1984 , 1988, 1992 and 1996 ), but missed a medal every time they participated. His best placings were fourth at the 1992 Barcelona games and sixth in Seoul in 1988 .
Barbosa celebrated his greatest success by winning the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis in 1987 after a tactical 800-meter race in 1: 47.49 min. In the same year Barbosa won the bronze medal at the Open Air World Championships in Rome in 1: 43.76 min behind Billy Konchellah from Kenya (1: 43.06 min) and the British Peter Elliott (1: 43.41 min). At the next World Championships , four years later in Tokyo , Konchellah was again in the final (1: 43.99 min) in front of Barbosa, who won silver this time in 1: 44.24 min.
At the indoor world championships in 1993 Barbosa was considered a high favorite, but retired after a bump with Nico Motchebon .
Barbosa celebrated his last victory at major international events at the 1995 Pan American Games .
Personal best
- open air
- 800 meter run : 1: 43.08 min; September 6, 1991, Rieti , world annual high, rank 26 of the all-time best list
- 1500 meter run : 3: 40.91 min; August 16, 1995, Zurich
- Hall
- 800 meter run: 1: 45.43 min; March 8, 1989, Piraeus
Others
At a height of 1.84 m, Barbosa's competition weight was 68 kg. Barbosa is also called "Zequinha" in its homeland.
Web links
- José Barbosa Luíz in the database of World Athletics (English)
- José Luíz Barbosa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Barbosa, José Luíz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zequinha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian middle distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Três Lagoas , Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil |