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Jorge Vides

Jorge Vides

Brazilian sprinter


Jorge Henrique da Costa Vides (born 24 November 1992) is a Brazilian track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He holds a 200 m personal best of 20.34 seconds.

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Vides is a frequent member of the Brazilian 4 × 100 metres relay team. He won gold in the relay at the 2012 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics and graduated to senior gold in the event at the 2013 South American Championships in Athletics.[2] He took an individual 200 m medal at that event, taking the bronze. He won a 200 m and relay gold medal double at the 2014 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held in São Paulo.[3] He placed fourth at the IAAF World Relays with Brazil in both 2014 and 2015.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics in his home town of Rio de Janeiro,[4] he ran in the 200 m heats and teamed up with Ricardo de Souza, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, and Bruno de Barros to take sixth in the relay final.[1]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

Personal bests

All information from World Athletics profile.[6]

International competitions


References

  1. Jorge Vides Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
  2. Resultado Oficial. CBAt. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
  3. Oliver, Diogo (2016-08-18). Arrancada de Jorge Vides coloca o Brasil na final do revezamento olímpico 4x100m (in Portuguese). ClicRBS. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
  4. "Athletics VIDES Jorge". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  5. Jorge Henrique DA COSTA VIDES. World Athletics. Retrieved on 2020-08-20.

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