Ronald Julião

Ronald Julião

Ronald Julião at the 2015 Military World Games
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Odair de Oliveira Julião
Born	(1985-06-16) June 16, 1985 (age 31) Caieiras, São Paulo
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Weight	113 kg (249 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus
Medal record Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Discus throw 2011 Guadalajara Discus throw Universiade 2013 Kazan Discus throw 2011 Shenzhen Discus throw South American Championships 2011 Buenos Aires Discus throw 2006 Tunja Discus throw 2007 São Paulo Discus throw 2009 Lima Shot put 2005 Cali Discus throw 2009 Lima Discus throw South American Youth Championships 2002 Asunción Shot put
Updated on 24 January 2015.

Ronald Odair de Oliveira Julião (born 16 June 1985) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw. He is a member of BM&F Bovespa's track club and is trained by João Paulo Alves da Cunha. He is the Brazilian record holder in the discus throw (65.55 m). He is the second highest ranked South American discus thrower after Jorge Balliengo and has won straight titles at the Brazil championships since 2005.

Julião is a five-time medallist in the discus at the South American Championships in Athletics and won the gold medal in the event in 2011 with a Championship record. He also won a silver medal in the shot put at the 2009 South American Championships. He won bronze medals in the discus at the Pan American Games and Summer Universiade in 2011.

Born in Caieiras in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, Ronald Julião attended Sebastião de Oliveira Gusmão school and began training in the shot put from the age of thirteen. He won the Ibirapuera schools meet in 1999 and an athletics coach, Fatima Aparecida Germano, offered to train him as a result. She taught him in the shot put and also added the discus throw event to his oeuvre. In his first major regional competition he took third place in the shot put at the 2002 South American Youth Championships. He came sixth in the shot at the 2003 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, but showed progression in the discus by taking second place with a throw of 56.36 m. He signed up with the BM&F Bovespa club in 2005 and began to establish himself in the senior ranks that year.