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.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Pacheco and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.
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
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
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

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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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