Almir dos Santos

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Almir dos Santos
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Personal information
Born (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 31)
Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil [1]
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Triple jump
Long jump
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Birmingham Triple jump
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago Triple jump

Almir Cunha dos Santos (born 4 September 1993) is a Brazilian male track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump and long jump. He was a silver medallist in the triple jump at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2018.

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Athletic career

Born in Matupá, in the central state of Mato Grosso, he took up athletics at a young age, initially focusing on the high jump. He moved to Porto Alegre and had his first success at the 2010 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, where he took the gold medal. [2] [3] He tried out the long jump, clearing 7.26 m (23 ft 9+34 in) in 2011 and competing in qualifying at the 2012 World Junior Championships, but remained focused on the high jump until 2014 – a season in which he set a personal best of 2.18 m (7 ft 1+34 in). [4]

After little progress in the high jump in the 2014 and 2015 seasons, he returned to the long jump in 2017. He came away with an improved best of 7.96 m (26 ft 1+14 in) and a fifth-place finish at the South American Championships. [5] However, it was the triple jump in which he showed the most promise that year, setting a best of 16.86 m (55 ft 3+34 in) in his hometown of Porto Alegre. [4]

He indicated himself as an elite jumper in the 2018 season, starting with a jump of 17.06 m (55 ft 11+12 in) at an American meeting in Kent, Ohio. [6] He backed this up with a performance at the top level Madrid Indoor Meeting in February, winning with a world-leading mark of 17.35 m (56 ft 11 in) ahead of former world and Olympic champion Nelson Évora. [7] These performances qualified him for the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and in the final, he took the lead in round two with a clearance of 17.22 m (56 ft 5+34 in). He improved further to 17.41 m (57 ft 1+14 in), two centimetres short of the new leader Will Claye, and left with a silver medal from his senior global debut. [8]

After 2018, Almir dos Santos had a series of injuries, and only in 2022 he returned to compete at a high level, reaching the final of the triple jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, finishing in 7th place. [9]

In july 2023, at the 2023 South American Championships in Athletics, qualified for the 2023 World Championships and for the 2024 Olympic Games in the triple jump, by jumping 17.24m. [10]

At the 2024 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, held in Cuiabá, he broke the competition record and confirmed the Olympic index to compete in the triple jump in Paris, jumping 17.31m. [11]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, he achieved a mark of 17.06 in the qualification, qualifying in fifth place for the final. [12] He did not perform well in the final and finished in 11th place with a jump of 16.41. [13]

At the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships, he initially won the bronze medal in the triple jump with a mark of 17.22, however he was disqualified five hours after the event due to having shoes with a sole thickness outside of the regulations. [14]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2010 South American Youth Championships Santiago, Chile1stHigh jump2.00 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain26th (q)High jump 2.05 m
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay5thLong jump7.51 m w
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom2ndTriple jump 17.41 m
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 4thTriple jump 16.70 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 12thTriple jump 15.01 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 23rd (q)Triple jump 16.27 m
2022 South American Indoor Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 2ndTriple jump 16.59 m
Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain 4thTriple jump 16.59 m
World Championships Eugene, United States 7thTriple jump 16.87 m
2023 South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1stTriple jump 17.24 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 21st (q)Triple jump 16.48 m
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 2ndTriple jump 16.92 m
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 10thTriple jump 16.63 m
Ibero-American Championships Cuiabá, Brazil 1stTriple jump 17.31 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 11thTriple jump 16.41 m
2025 South American Indoor Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 2ndTriple jump 16.39 m
World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China Triple jump DQ
South American Championships Mar del Plata, Argentina 1stTriple jump 16.68 m

Personal bests

Season's best (triple jump)

References

  1. Almir Cunha dos Santos
  2. Almir Júnior obtém qualificação para o Mundial de Birmingham (in Portuguese). CBAT (2018-01-18). Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  3. Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-10-11). Toledo, Arévalo and Ballivián shine at South American Youth Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  4. 1 2 Almir Dos Santos. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  5. 50° Campeonato Sudamericano De Mayores, Paraguay. Resultados Online. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  6. News from around the World- EME News (Jan 16, 2018) Archived March 4, 2018, at the Wayback Machine . American Track and Field (2018-01-17). Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  7. Valiente, Emeterio (2018-02-08). Husillos and Lasitskene excel in Madrid while Dos Santos jumps world lead . IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  8. Mulkeen, Jon (2018-03-03). Report: men's triple jump final – IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 . IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  9. Almir avança no salto triplo e é 3º brasileiro a fazer final no Mundial
  10. Almir dos Santos consegue índice olímpico
  11. Após ajudar em tragédia no RS, Almir Júnior bate recorde e confirma índice olímpico no Ibero
  12. Almir Jr achieves fifth best mark and advances to the final in the triple jump
  13. Almir dos Santos finishes the triple jump final in Paris in 11th place
  14. "Almir dos Santos é desqualificado e perde bronze conquistado no Mundial Indoor de Nanquim" [Almir dos Santos is disqualified and loses bronze won at the Nanjing Indoor World Championships]. Globo (in Portuguese). 21 March 2025.