Higor Silva Alves (born 23 February 1994) is a Brazilian long jumper. A member of the host nation's track and field squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Higor registered his best jump at 8.19 m from the Brazilian Championships in São Paulo a month before the Games.
Higor competed for the host nation Brazil in the men's long jump at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Leading up to his maiden Games, Higor obtained a mark of 8.19 m to successfully earn the national title and clear the IAAF Olympic entry standard (8.15) by four centimetres. In the qualifying phase, Higor spanned his opening legal jump at 7.59 m, but fouled in the succeeding two attempts that saw him tumble down the leaderboard, finishing in twenty-eighth place from a field of thirty-two athletes.
Personal life Higor is married to Victória Menezes Alves.
Competition record Representing 2011World Youth ChampionshipsLille, France –Long jumpNM2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain20th (q)Long jump7.26 mSouth American U23 ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil2ndLong jump7.72 m (w)2013Pan American Junior ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia1stLong jump7.95 m2014South American GamesSantiago, Chile6thLong jump7.55 mIbero-American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil2ndLong jump8.00 mSouth American U23 ChampionshipsMontevideo, Uruguay1stLong jump7.60 m2015Pan American GamesToronto, Canada10thLong jump7.60 mWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China27th (q)Long jump7.60 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil28th (q)Long jump7.59 mSouth American U23 ChampionshipsLima, Peru1stLong jump7.80 m
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