Thiago Braz da Silva

Thiago Braz da Silva (born 16 December 1993) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the pole vault. He currently holds the Olympic Record of 6.03 metres.

Contents 1 Career 2 Competition record 3 References 4 External links

Career
In 2012 he won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships.

In 2013 he became the South American champion with a new area record outdoor of 5.83 metres. On 24 June 2015 he reached the new record of 5.92 metres in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1]

On 13 February 2016 he extended the South American record indoor of 5.93 metres in Berlin, Germany.[2]

On 15 August 2016, he won gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro, recording a new Olympic and South American record of 6.03 metres. He was just 1 cm to match the Brad Walker's Americas record, who did 6,04m on June 8, 2008.

Competition record
Year

Competition

Venue

Position

Notes

Representing Brazil

2009 South American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil 3rd 4.40 m 2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2nd 5.05 m South American Youth Championships Medellín, Colombia 1st 5.10 m 2011 Pan American Junior Championships Miramar, United States 1st 5.20 m South American Junior Championships Medellín, Colombia 2nd 4.85 m 2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 5.55 m 2013 South American Championships Cartagena, Colombia 1st 5.83 m World Championships Moscow, Russia 14th (q) 5.40 m 2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 4th 5.75 m South American Games Santiago, Chile – NM 2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada – NM World Championships Beijing, China 19th (q) 5.65 m 2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 12th 5.55 m 2016 ISTAF Indoor Berlin, Germany 1st 5,93 m AR 2016 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 6.03 m Olympic record AR