Luiz Alberto de Araújo
De Araújo at the 2016 Olympics
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| Full name | Luiz Alberto Cardoso de Araújo | |||||||||
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27 June 1987 Artur Nogueira, São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | |||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
| Event(s) | Decathlon | |||||||||
| Club | BM&F Bovespa | |||||||||
| Coached by | Edemar Alves dos Santos | |||||||||
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Medal record
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| Updated on 2015-09-3. | ||||||||||
Luiz Alberto Cardoso de Araújo (born 27 June 1987) is a Brazilian decathlete.
He broke the South American record in decathlon in 30 June 2012, with 8,276 points. In June 2013, Carlos Chinin broke his record, with the mark of 8,393 points.
He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 19th in decathlon with 7,849 points.
In 2015, he won bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada (8,179 points) and he competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he broke 3 personal bests (7.48 in Long Jump, 48.14 in the 400m, and 57.28 m in the Javelin) and finished 10th with 8,315 points, his personal best, and the best campaign of a Brazilian at the Olympic Games in decathlon.
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