Fernando Pereira de Almeida (born August 3, 1985 in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo) is a Brazilian sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres.[1] De Almeida represented the host nation Brazil at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he placed sixth for the national sprint team in the men's 4 × 400 m relay, with a time of 3:05.87.
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| Full name | Fernando Pereira de Almeida | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1985 São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Clube de Atletismo BM&F | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 200 m: 21.38 s (2008) 400 m: 45.94 s (2008) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, de Almeida competed for the men's 400 metres this time, as an individual athlete. He ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including Costa Rica's Nery Brenes and Nigeria's James Godday. He finished the race in fifth place by approximately one sixth of a second (0.16) ahead of Zimbabwe's Lewis Banda, with a time of 46.60 seconds. De Almeida, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed forty-sixth overall and was ranked below three mandatory slots for the next round.[2]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fernando de Almeida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's 400m Round 1 – Heat 3". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
External links
edit- Fernando de Almeida at World Athletics
- Profile – UOL Esporte (in Portuguese)
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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