Paulo Roberto Paula

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Paulo Roberto Paula
Paulo Roberto Paula Rio2016.jpg
Paula at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1979-07-08) 8 July 1979 (age 45)
Pacaembu, Brazil [1]
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Sport Athletics
Event5000 m – marathon
ClubCruzeiro Sport Club [2]
Luasa Sports Taubaté [1] [3]
São Paulo FC [4]
Coached byDino de Aguiar Cintra Filho [1]
Marco Antonio de Oliveira [2] [3]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000 m – 14:00.81 (2010)
10 km – 28:34 (2014)
HM – 1:02:30 (2011)
Marathon – 2:09:51 (2022) [5]

Paulo Roberto de Almeida Paula (born 8 July 1979) is a Brazilian long-distance runner who competed in marathon races. [6] He finished 8th in the marathon at the 2012 London Olympics, 15th at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 68th at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [2] [7] He is a member of the Cruzeiro Sport Club.

He began competing nationally in his teenage years. He was runner-up over 10,000 metres at the 1998 Brazilian Junior Championships with a run of 30:42.94 minutes. He began to progress in the senior ranks of the event in 2002, finishing fourth at the Brazilian Athletics Championships with a run of 28:58.03 minutes. However, he did not frequently compete at the top level over the following years. [8]

He moved up to the half marathon distance, and in 2007 he was runner-up at the São Paulo Half Marathon with a time of 64:29 minutes. He repeated that feat in 2008 and 2009 and improved his best time to 64:26 minutes over the period. His marathon debut followed in 2011 with a run at the Amsterdam Marathon, where his finishing time of 2:13:15 hours was enough for 17th place. Two better performances in 2012 (2:11:51 at the Barcelona Marathon, then 2:10:23 for third at the Maratona di Sant'Antonio) saw him chosen for the Brazilian team for the 2012 London Olympics. [8]

At the start of 2013, he dropped out of the Lake Biwa Marathon, but he showed a resurgence of form by winning the Maratona di Sant'Antonio in Italy – his first international victory. [9]

In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. [10] He finished in 19th place. [10]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [11]

Paula serves in the Brazilian Army. His twin brother Luiz Fernando is also an international long-distance runner. He tried to qualify in the marathon for the 2012 Olympics. [2] [3]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Paulo Roberto Paula". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. 1 2 3 Paulo Roberto Paula. nbcolympics.com
  4. ↑ "Maratonista Paulo Roberto de Paula representará o São Paulo nas Olimpíadas". Terra (in Portuguese). 1 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Paulo Roberto Paula at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  6. ↑ Paulo Roberto Paula. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 6 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Olympedia – Paulo Roberto de Paula". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  8. 1 2 Paulo Roberta Paula. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 6 May 2013.
  9. ↑ April 2013 Results Archived 1 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine . AIMS. Retrieved on 6 May 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Marathon Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Athletics - PAULA Paulo Roberto". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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