Personal information | |
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Full name | Fernando Carvalho Ferreira Santana |
Born | Ribeirão Preto, Brazil[1] | December 13, 1994
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] |
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | High jump |
Fernando Carvalho Ferreira Santana (born 13 December 1994 in Ribeirão Preto) is a Brazilian athlete specialising in the high jump.[3] He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships narrowly missing the final. He also won two medals at the South American Championships. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
His personal bests are 2.30 metres (7 ft 7 in) outdoors (São Bernardo do Campo 2017) and 2.26 metres (7 ft 5 in) indoors (Nehvizdy 2020).