Marcos Chuva

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Marcos Chuva at the U23 European Championship 2011 in Ostrava

Marcos António Quintino Chuva (born August 8, 1989 in Oeiras ) is a Portuguese athlete . He specializes in the long jump . At a height of 1.82 m, his competition weight is 75 kg.

Life

Marcos Chuva attended the Escola Salesiana de Manique in Alcabideche and started athletics there in 2003. His coach at the school was Fernando Pereira. Chuva has started for Benfica Lisbon since 2007 . He studies at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa .

successes

At the Jogos da Lusofonia 2009 in the Estádio Universitário de Lisboa in Lisbon , he won a gold medal with a long jump of 8.09 m. In the First League of the European Athletics Team Championships 2010 in the Puskás Ferenc Stadium in Budapest , he was second with 7.96 m in the long jump behind Michel Tornéus . At the European Athletics U23 Championships in 2011 in the Městský stadium in Ostrava , he finished second with 7.94 m behind Alexander Menkow . At the World Athletics Championships in 2011 in the Daegu Stadium in Daegu , he qualified with 8.10 m for the finals and was there with 8.05 m tenth. He won a competition in the BIGBANK Kuldliiga series in Viljandi , Estonia in 2011 with his personal best of 8.34 m at 1.8 m / s tail wind with a 34 cm lead over Salim Sdiri . He improved his personal best by 31 centimeters and was only 2 cm behind the Portuguese record set by Carlos Calado in 1997. At Weltklasse Zürich , an event of the Diamond League at the Stadio Letzigrund in Zurich , he was third with 7.88 m got his first Diamond League points. At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan , he received the bronze medal on July 12, 2013 for his 8.15 m jump.

He won the Portuguese long jump championship in 2008, 2009 and 2011 (with 7.79 m). In 2011 he also won the Portuguese indoor long jump championship. He won the Portuguese Junior Championship in 2008 in the long jump and in the 110-meter hurdles . He won the Portuguese U23 long jump championship in 2010 and 2011.

Personal best

open air

  • Long jump: 8.34 m on August 9, 2011 in Viljandi
  • 110 meter hurdles (99 cm hurdle height): 13.98 s on July 11, 2008 in Bydgoszcz
  • 110 meter hurdles (106.68 cm hurdle height): 14.17 s on June 14, 2009 in Leiria
  • 100-meter run : 10.71 s on May 9, 2010 in Lisbon

Hall

  • Long jump: 7.74 m on February 26, 2011 in Pombal
  • 60-meter hurdles: 8.39 s on February 10, 2008 in Espinho at the Portuguese U23 Championship

Web links

Commons : Marcos Chuva  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcos Chuvas profile at www.sports-reference.com, accessed on October 31, 2015
  2. ↑ Marcos Chuva in the Sapo Wiki (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Profile near Benfica Lisbon (Portuguese)
  4. ^ Index card from Marco Chua at the Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan (English, no longer online).
  5. ^ National records in Estonia, Israel and Turkey ( Memento of August 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Article from August 10, 2011 on european-athletics.org (English)
  6. ↑ Publication of Benfica Lisbon for the World Athletics Championships 2011 in Daegu ( PDF , Portuguese), no longer online.
  7. ↑ Marcos Chuvas' profile at all-athletics.com
personal data
SURNAME Chuva, Marcos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chuva, Marcos António Quintino (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese athlete
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Oeiras