Paulo André de Oliveira

Paulo André Camilo de Oliveira (often called Camilo to avoid homonymy, born 20 August 1998) is a Brazilian sprinter.[1] In the 100 metres, he was a silver medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games, and a semifinalist in the World Athletics Championships of the same year. He also won the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2019 World Relays.

Paulo André de Oliveira
Oliveira in 2022
Personal information
Full namePaulo André Camilo de Oliveira
Born (1998-08-20) August 20, 1998 (age 25)
Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
EducationUniversidade Paulista
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m, 200 m
ClubEC Pinheiros
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100 m: 10.02 (w: –0.6 m/s)Bragança Paulista, 2018
  • 200 m: 20.28 (w: +0.5 m/s)Naples, 2019
  • 4×100 m relay: 37.72Doha, 2019
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Brazil
World Relays
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yokohama 4×100 m relay
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 100 m
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Napoli 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Napoli 200 m

At the 2019 Troféu Brasil de Atletismo he managed to run the 100 m in a time of 9.90 seconds, but the time was not ratified due to the wind conditions.[2]

Professional athletics career edit

He is the son of a former sprinter Carlos José Camilo de Oliveira, who represented Brazil in the 1980s.[3]

He began to stand out by participating in the team from Brazil that won the 2019 World Relays, held in Yokohama, Japan, with a mark of 38.05. At the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy, he won two gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m sprints. He won the 100 m with the 10.09 mark.[4]

In 2016 his best mark in the 100 m was 10.26, evolving to 10.18 in 2017. On September 14, 2018, he obtained the 10.02 mark for the first time, the second best mark in the history of Brazil in the 100m, only behind to Robson da Silva, with 10.00. He repeated the 10.02 time in April 2019.[5]

At the 2019 Pan American Games, held in Lima, Peru, he won the silver medal in the 100 m, event that Brazil has not won a medal since 1999, and gold in Brazil's 4×100 m relay.[6][7]

In August 2019, at the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo, he won the 100m with the 9.90 mark, which was just not validated as a new South American Record because it was obtained with a wind of +3.2 m/s (the limit is + 2 m/s).[2]

In late September 2019, he went to the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, where he won his 100 m heat with a mark of 10.11. The last time a Brazilian had gone to a semifinal in this event was in Gothenburg in 1995. He was just 0.03s from qualifying for the final: he finished 12th overall, with a mark of 10.14 in the semis, while the 8th and last classified for the final got 10.12.[8][9][10]

He qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11][12]

International competitions edit

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   Brazil
2015 South American Junior Championships Cuenca, Ecuador 4th 200 m 21.24
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.90
World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 8th 100 m 10.83
200 m DNF
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 5th 100 m 10.29
4 × 100 m relay DQ
2017 Pan American U20 Championships Trujillo, Peru 2nd 100 m 10.46
200 m DNF
2018 Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 1st 100 m 10.27
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.78
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.05
4 × 200 m relay DNF
Universiade Naples, Italy 1st 100 m 10.09
1st 200 m 20.28
7th 4 × 100 m relay 1:23.05
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 2nd 100 m 10.16
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.27
World Championships Doha, Qatar 12th (sf) 100 m 10.14
36th (h) 200 m 20.75
4th 4 × 100 m relay 37.72
2021 World Relays Chorzów, Poland 2nd (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.451
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 23rd (sf) 100 m 10.31
12th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.34
2023 South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 4th 100 m 10.03
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.70
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 34th (h) 100 m 10.25
8th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.19
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 21st (h) 100 m 49.83
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.68

1Disqualified in the final

Personal life edit

In 2022, Oliveira was cast as contestant in Big Brother Brasil 22nd season. He came in 2nd place to actor and singer Arthur Aguiar.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ Paulo André de Oliveira at World Athletics  
  2. ^ a b "Paulo André faz 9s90 nos 100m, mas marca não é validada por causa do vento" [Paulo André runs 9.90s in the 100m, but the mark is not validated because of the wind]. Ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 August 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Brasileiro Paulo André vence os 100 m na Universíade de Nápoles" (in Portuguese). O Globo. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. ^ Brasileiro Paulo André vence os 100m na universíade de Nápoles
  5. ^ Próximo da barreira dos 10s, Paulo André mostra evolução nos 100m e tenta marca história em Doha
  6. ^ Paulo André voa para a prata no 100m
  7. ^ Campeão mundial, Brasil confirma favoritismo e leva o ouro no revezamento 4x100m no Pan
  8. ^ Paulo André vence eliminatória dos 100m e Brasil vclta à uma semifinal após 24 anos
  9. ^ Paulo André pára na semifinal do Mundial de 2019
  10. ^ Resultados da semi
  11. ^ Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  12. ^ "Athletics - CAMILO de OLIVEIRA Paulo Andre". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  13. ^ "Paulo André é o vice-campeão do 'BBB22'" [Paulo André is the runner-up of 'BBB22']. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

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