Jefferson Santos

Jefferson de Carvalho Santos^[1][2] (born August 30, 1995) is a Brazilian athlete, a combined events specialist.^[3] A native of São Paulo, he won the men's decathlon competition at the 2017 South American Championships in Athletics with a personal best score of 8,187 points; due to strong winds in three of the ten events, the result is labelled wind assisted in official records.^[4]

Jefferson Santos

Personal information
Born	(1995-08-30) 30 August 1995 (age 29)
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Athletics
Event	Decathlon
Club	G.C. Pinheiros
Coached by	José Cordeiro
Achievements and titles
Personal best	8187 pts w

References

1. "Decathlon Profile: Jefferson dos Santos" (PDF). Multistars 2017 – 30th International Meeting of Combined Events. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
2. "CBAt convoca Seleção para o Mundial de Londres [Brazilian Athletics Confederation announces national team for the London Championships" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Athletics Confederation. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
3. "Jefferson Santos – Profile" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
4. "De Morais sets continental discus record at South American Championships". IAAF. June 25, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2017.

External links

• Jefferson Santos at World Athletics