Welington Morais

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Welington Morais
Personal information
Born (1996-09-06) 6 September 1996 (age 27)
Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight115 kg (254 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event Shot put
Club Pinheiros
Coached byRicardo Souza Barros
Achievements and titles
Personal best21.01 m (2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Asunción Shot put
South American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Guayaquil Shot put
Ibero-American Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 La Nucía Shot put
South American U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Cuenca Shot put
South American Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Cuenca Shot put
South American Youth Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Mendoza Javelin throw

Welington Silva Morais (born 6 September 1996) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put. He was the gold medallist at the 2021 South American Championships and the silver medallist at the 2022 Ibero-American Championships.

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Early years

Welington Silva Morais was born in Imperatriz, Maranhão on 6 September 1996. [1] He began training in athletics in 2010 at the suggestion of a teacher who observed him playing dodgeball. [2] Morais won some local titles before moving to the city of Londrina to continue his training. [2] He saw a rapid improvement in his results, [2] winning the silver medal in the javelin throw (700 g) at the 2012 South American Youth Championships in Argentina. [3] The following year he won a gold medal in the shot put event at the Jogos Escolares da Juventude (Juvenile School Games); his mother surprised him by travelling to the city of Belém to see him compete for the first time. [2]

Career

After settling on the shot put as his discipline, Morais captured the silver medal at the 2015 South American Junior Championships in Ecuador. [4] He also competed at the Pan American Junior Championships two months later in Canada, [5] though he did not medal. In 2018, Morais won a bronze medal at the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo by reaching 19.37 m. [6] Two weeks later he won the 2018 South American U23 Championships with a personal best throw of 19.85 m, coming within 7 centimetres of the championship record. [7]

In mid-2019, Morais competed at both the Summer Universiade in Italy and the Pan American Games in Peru, though he failed to reach the podium at either. [8] [9] However, that September, he repeated as a bronze medallist at the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo before capturing the Brazilian university title. [10] [11] Morais followed this up with a silver-medal performance at the 2020 Troféu Brasil de Atletismo, recording a throw of 19.43 m while Darlan Romani captured his ninth consecutive national title. [12]

On 26 March 2021, Morais threw 20.28 m for a first-place finish at the Reynaldo Berto Gorno South American Grand Prix in Uruguay. [13] It was the first time he surpassed the 20-metre mark and was the second-farthest throw ever by a Brazilian, behind only Darlan Romani's 22.61 m. [13] Morais then won the gold medal at the 2021 South American Championships in Ecuador with a throw of 19.87 m, [14] though he failed to get onto the podium at the national championships after finishing in fourth place. [15]

Morais improved to 20.60 m for a third-place finish at the Torneio Internacional de Atletismo São Paulo in April 2022. [16] He won the silver medal at the Ibero-American Championships in Spain the following month. [17] He achieved a new personal best mark of 20.78 m but once again finished behind Darlan Romani, who recorded a championship record throw of 21.70 m. [17]

At the World Athletics Challenge, in the city of Concepción del Uruguay (Argentina), in April 2024, he became the 2nd Brazilian in history to throw over 21m, after Darlan Romani. He reached the mark of 21.01m. [18]

Achievements

All information taken from World Athletics profile. [19]

Personal bests

TypeEventTimeDatePlaceNotes
Outdoor Shot put 21.01 m6 April 2024 Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina
Discus throw 46.94 m13 September 2019 Fortaleza, Brazil
Javelin throw 57.76 m21 September 2013 São Paulo, Brazil

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2012 South American Youth Championships Mendoza, Argentina2ndJavelin throw (700 g)63.59 m
2015 South American Junior Championships Cuenca, Ecuador2ndShot put (6 kg)18.24 m
Pan American Junior Championships Edmonton, Alberta, Canada7thShot put (6 kg)17.85 m
2018 South American U23 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador1stShot put 19.85 m
2019 Universiade Napoli, ItalyShot put NM
Pan American Games Lima, Peru7thShot put 19.22 m
2021 South American Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador1stShot put 19.87 m
2022 Ibero-American Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador2ndShot put 20.78 m PB
World Championships Eugene, United States 19th (q)Shot put 19.80 m
South American Games Asunción, Paraguay 1stShot put 20.00 m
2023 South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1stShot put 20.59 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 17th (q)Shot put 20.30 m
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 5thShot put 20.26 m
2024 South American Indoor Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 3rdShot put 19.50 m
Ibero-American Championships Cuiabá, Brazil 3rdShot put 20.51 m

National titles

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