Paulo Sérgio dos Santos Oliveira (born June 1, 1993 ) is a Brazilian athlete who specializes in the long jump . In 2017 he became South American champion in this discipline.
Paulo Sérgio Oliveira first appeared in national athletics competitions in 2010. At that time, in addition to the jumping competitions, he also started in the sprint. In the triple jump he succeeded in qualifying for the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, while in the long jump he missed qualification. In Singapore he qualified for the final, in which he finished fifth with a season best of 15.63 m. Two months after the youth games, he also took part in the triple jump at the U18 South American Championships in Chile. He won the silver medal with 15.13 m. In the following year he could not achieve any improvements, although from 2011 he completely focused on jumping. It was not until the end of 2012 that he was able to improve in both long and triple jump, to 7.67 m and 16.14 m respectively. At the national championships for adults, he made it into the final for the first time in 2012 in the triple jump. In 2013 he increased his bests again. In the long jump he came within an inch of the eight-meter mark and was also fifth in the Brazilian Championships.
In 2014 Oliveira took part in indoor competitions for the first time on an international level. In September he jumped the eight-meter mark for the first time and a few weeks later set his personal best with 8.13 m. He did not come close to this distance at the U23 South American Championships in Montevideo, but was still able to win the silver medal with 7.59 m. In October he became Brazilian runner-up in the long jump. At the beginning of the 2015 season, Oliveira focused almost entirely on the long jump, but did not come close to his best performance. In April 2016 he was able to increase his triple jump to 16.52 m, which has since been his best performance. In June 2017 he became the first Brazilian long jump champion and was able to jump over eight meters for the first time this season. In the same month he entered the South American Championships in Asunción. Although he stayed under eight meters, he was still able to win the championship title with 7.93 m. He then took part in the highlight of the season, the World Championships in London. There, however, he jumped his shortest distance in the qualification in 2017 and thus clearly failed to make it into the final.
In January 2018 Oliveira set up a personal indoor record with a height of 8.12 m. He achieved the same distance in June at the South American Games in Bolivia. The distance there was enough to win the silver medal. In 2019 he managed to jump over eight meters again, but not in the two international championships. In May he went to Lima to defend his title at the South American Championships . There he only reached 7.71 m in the final, which was enough to win the silver medal. In October he finished eighth in the final at the World Military Games in Wuhan.
Brazil
Singapore
Santiago de Chile
Montevideo
Asunción
London
Cochabamba
Lima