Personal information | |
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Full name | Diogo Miguel Pacheco Ferreira [1] |
Born | Queluz, Portugal | 30 July 1990
Education | Universidade Lusófona [2] |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [3] |
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole vault |
Club | Benfica |
Coached by | Pedro Pinto |
Diogo Miguel Pacheco Ferreira (born 30 July 1990 in Queluz) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the pole vault. [4] He won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. In addition, he represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without clearing any height.
His personal bests in the event are 5.71 metres outdoors (Lisbon 2017) and 5.60 metres indoors (Potsdam 2015) [5] The former is the current national record.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing Portugal | |||||
2009 | European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 15th (q) | 4.70 m | |
2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 7th | 5.05 m | |
2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 16th (q) | 4.95 m | |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 11th (q) | 5.50 m 1 | |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 18th (q) | 5.25 m | |
Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 11th (q) | 5.20 m 1 | ||
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 19th (q) | 5.35 m | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | – | NM | |
Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 1st | 5.55 m | ||
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 25th (q) | 5.36 m |
1No mark in the final
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