Thiago Braz

Thiago Braz da Silva (born December 16, 1993 in Marília ) is a Brazilian pole vaulter .

In 2012 he won the Junior World Championships in Barcelona .

In 2013 he set a South American record at the South American Championships in Cartagena with 5.83 m. At the World Championships in Moscow , he was eliminated in qualification.

He finished fourth at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot .

In 2015 he stayed at the Pan American Games in Toronto without a valid attempt and did not get beyond the preliminary round at the World Championships in Beijing .

In 2016, at the age of 22 and the new Olympic record of 6.03 m in Rio de Janeiro in front of a home crowd, he became Olympic champion in the pole vault.

Personal best

• Pole vault: 6.03 m, August 16, 2016, Rio de Janeiro (South American and Olympic record)
  • Hall: 5.93 m, February 13, 2016, Berlin (South American record)

Web links

• Thiago Braz in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Nicolas Trinklein: The incredible story of Thiago Braz da Silva , people, on: Leichtathletik.de, from August 25, 2016, accessed August 25, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Result list Indoor-ISTAF from February 13, 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 5, 2016 ; Retrieved April 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ IAAF: 5.83m Pole Vault area record for Thiago da Silva at South American Championships . July 6, 1983
3. ^ ARD Sportschau, Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, news on August 16, 2016, Brazilian sensation in the pole vault . Retrieved August 16, 2016