Nuno Pereira (athlete)

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Nuno Pereira
Personal information
Full nameNuno Manuel Silva Pereira
Nationality Portuguese
Born (2000-11-27) 27 November 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Country Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Sport Athletics
Event(s)
800 metres, 1500 metres, 3000 metres
Club Sporting CP
Coached byDiogo Sousa
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 800 metres: 1.46.49
  • 1500 metres: 3.32,16
  • 3000 metres: 7.50,86 i
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
European Athletics U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Borås 1500 metres

Nuno Pereira (Funchal, Madeira, 27 November 2000) [1] is a portuguese athlete specialized in the 800, 1500 and 3000 metres events.

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Starting in Triathlon in his youth, he switched to athletics at the age of 16, becoming U18 national vice-champion that same year. In 2019, he became European U20 champion in the 1500 metres [2] , becoming the second madeiran-born athlete to win a global medal in Athletics (the first one being Alberto Paulo) and the first one to win an European title (in Athletics) [3] .

He is fourth in Portugal's 1500 meters [4] and 3000 metres [5] indoor all time lists.

Carreer

2017

In his first year solely focused in Athletics, he finished second in 800 and 1500 metres in Portugal's U18 National Championships, after winning a silver medal in the 800 metres indoor at the Portugal's U18 indoor National Championships. That same year, he represented Portugal in a Spain-Portugal meeting, achieving the second position in the 1500 meters [6] .

2019

In 2019, he left G.D. Estreito to join Sporting CP, one of the two best teams in the country. He became Portugal's U20 national champion in the 800 and 1500 metres, before he won the national title in the 1500 metres. Later that year, at the European U20 Athletics Championships, he achieved the first position in the 1500 metres, after a final kick that left everyone behind. It was Portugal's only gold medal at those championships.

2021

In the winter, he achieved the qualifying standard to the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships in the 1500 metres. He finished 28th, becoming the first madeiran-born athlete to compete at an european indoor championship [7] . Later in that year, he finished 10th in the 1500 metres final at the 2021 European U23 Athletics Championships.

2023

Nuno qualified for the Universiade, finishing fifth in the 1500 metres final.

2025

During the winter season, he participated at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, where he finished fourth in his semi-final, 0,04s away from qualifying to the final [8] . In the summer, he improved his times a lot, lowering to a 3.32,16 in the 1500 metres and 1.46,49 in the 800 metres, qualifying for the 2025 World Athletics Championships for the first time [9] . There, he finished seventh in his heat, one place below the direct qualifying [10] .

International competitions

Representing Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2017Troféu Ibérico Espanha - Portugal Ávila, Spain2nd1500 m4:07.18
2018 European Cross Country Junior Championships Tilburg, Netherlands67thJunior race 19:39
2019 European Athletics U20 Championships Borås, Netherlands1th1500 m 3:55.88
2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships Torun, Poland28th (h)1500 m 3:42.38
European Athletics U23 Championships Tallin, Estonia10th1500 m 3:42.11
2022 2022 European Cross Country Championships Piemonte, Italy10thMixed Relay 17:56
Ibero-American Championships in Athletics La Nucia, Spain13th (sf)800 m 1:50.36
2023 Summer World University Games Chengdu, China5th1500 m 3:41.56
2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands4th (h)1500 m 3:38.25
Summer World University Games Rhine-Ruhr, Germany6th1500 m 3:47.12
World Athletics Championships Tokyo, Japan45th (h)1500 m 3:42.63

References

  1. "Nuno Pereira's profile". World Athletics.
  2. "Nuno Pereira é campeão da Europa de Juniores dos 1.500 metros". DNOTICIAS.PT (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  3. "Madeirenses no Europeu de Sub20 – O 'ouro' de Nuno Pereira – Associação de Atletismo da Região Autónoma da Madeira" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  4. "Portugal's 1500 metres all time list". World Athletics.
  5. "Portugal's 3000 metres indoor all time list". World Athletics.
  6. "1500 metros Resultados - Copa Ibérica Juvenil 2017 Ávila" (PDF). Real Federatión Española de Atletismo.
  7. "Nuno Pereira é o primeiro madeirense a assegurar a presença no Campeonato da Europa absoluto em pista coberta | RTP Madeira" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  8. Lusa, Agência. "Nuno Pereira falha final europeia por 4 centésimos de segundo". DNOTICIAS.PT (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  9. "Nuno Pereira com marca de qualificação para Tóquio". Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo (in Portuguese). 2025-06-21. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  10. "1500 metres Heats Results - Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships" (PDF). World Athletics.