Diogo Ferreira (athlete)

Diogo Miguel Pacheco Ferreira (born 30 July 1990 in Queluz) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the pole vault.[4] He won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. In addition, he represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without clearing any height.

Diogo Ferreira
Personal information
Full nameDiogo Miguel Pacheco Ferreira[1]
Born (1990-07-30) 30 July 1990
Queluz, Portugal
EducationUniversidade Lusófona[2]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Pole vault
ClubBenfica
Coached byPedro Pinto

His personal bests in the event are 5.71 metres outdoors (Lisbon 2017) and 5.60 metres indoors (Potsdam 2015)[5] The former is the current national record.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Portugal
2009 European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 15th (q) 4.70 m
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 7th 5.05 m
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 16th (q) 4.95 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 11th (q) 5.50 m1
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 18th (q) 5.25 m
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 11th (q) 5.20 m1
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 19th (q) 5.35 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom NM
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 1st 5.55 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 25th (q) 5.36 m

1No mark in the final

References

  1. "Diogo Ferreira | Estatísticas do Atletismo Português, por Manuel Arons de Carvalho". atletismo-estatistica.pt. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  2. "Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade (Athletics) Athlete Profile : FERREIRA Diogo". data.2017.gov.taipei. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  3. "European Athletics - Athlete: Diogo Ferreira". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  4. Diogo Ferreira at World Athletics
  5. "Profile of Diogo FERREIRA". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 2017-09-05.


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