Aldemir da Silva Júnior

Aldemir da Silva Junior
	Aldemir da Silva Júnior at the 2015 Military World Games
Personal information
Full name	Aldemir Gomes da Silva Júnior
Born	8 June 1992 (age 32); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	Sprints
Club	CR Vasco da Gama
Coached by	Vânia da Silva
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.13 (Bragança Paulista 2019); 200 m: 20.15 (São Bernardo do Campo 2017)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Brazil
Pan American Games
South American Games
Ibero-American Championships
South American Championships
South American U-23 Championships
South American Junior Championships
Military World Games
	Updated on 9 October 2015

Aldemir Gomes da Silva Junior (born 8 June 1992) is a Brazilian sprinter.

Da Silva won three gold medals at the 2011 South American Junior Championships in Athletics in Medellín, Colombia.^[1]

He won three gold medals at the 2012 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics in São Paulo, Brazil.^[2]

He qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3]^[4]

Personal bests

100 m: 10.13 s (wind: +1.6 m/s) – Bragança Paulista, 29 August 2019
200 m: 20.15 s (wind: +1.3 m/s) – São Bernardo do Campo, 11 June 2017
200 m: 20.13 s (wind: +2.3 m/s) – Segovia, 14 July 2019

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Brazil
2011	South American Junior Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	100 m	10.36 s A (0.0 m/s)
			1st	200 m	20.94 s A (0.0 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.63 s A
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2nd	200 m	20.57 s (-0.9 m/s)
	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.95 s
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	16th (sf)	200 m	20.63 s (-0.6 m/s)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.35 s
	South American Under-23 Championships	São Paulo, Brasil	1st	100 m	10.42 s (+0.3 m/s)
			1st	200 m	20.51 s (+1.2 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	40.10 s
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	26th (h)	200 m	20.73 s (-0.7 m/s)
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	200 m	20.32 s (-1.0 m/s)
	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.90 s
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	4th	200 m	20.62 s (+0.7 m/s)
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.35 s
	South American U23 Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	2nd	100m	10.47 (+0.3 m/s)
			1st	200m	20.50 (+1.4 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.74
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	36th (h)	200 m	20.59
	World Championships	Beijing, China	—	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	3rd	200 m	20.77
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th	200 m	20.71
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	61st (h)	200 m	20.80
2017	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	8th (h)	200 m	21.27¹
	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.47
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	37th (h)	200 m	20.82
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	2nd (h)	200 m	20.92²
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.80
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	5th	100 m	10.32
			4th	200 m	20.30
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.54
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	2nd	200 m	20.42
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.78
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	23rd (h)	200 m	20.44
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	33rd (h)	200 m	20.84

¹Did not start in the final
²Disqualified in the semi-finals

As of 25 November 2024, da Silva holds four track records for 200 metres set over the period 2012 to 2019. The fastest of these is his track record for Segovia where on 14 July 2019 he clocked 20.13 with a following wind of 2.3 m/s.

References

^ Tamiris de Liz ganha os 200 m com recorde Brasileiro Juvenil e do Campeonato (in Portuguese)
^ Aldemir conquista 3º ouro no Sul-Americano Sub-23 (in Portuguese)
^ Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "Athletics JUNIOR Aldemir". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22.

External links

Aldemir da Silva Junior at World Athletics
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aldemir da Silva Júnior". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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[1] Tamiris de Liz ganha os 200 m com recorde Brasileiro Juvenil e do Campeonato (in Portuguese)

[2] Aldemir conquista 3º ouro no Sul-Americano Sub-23 (in Portuguese)

[3] Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[4] "Athletics JUNIOR Aldemir". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22.

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