Paulo André Camilo de Oliveira (often called Camilo to avoid homonymy, born 20 August 1998) is a Brazilian sprinter. In the 100 metres, he was a silver medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games, and a semifinalist in the World Athletics Championships of the same year. He also won the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2019 World Relays.
At the 2019 Troféu Brasil de Atletismo he managed to run the 100 m in a time of 9.90 seconds, but the time was not ratified due to the wind conditions.
Professional athletics career He is the son of a former sprinter Carlos José Camilo de Oliveira, who represented Brazil in the 1980s.
He began to stand out by participating in the team from Brazil that won the 2019 World Relays, held in Yokohama, Japan, with a mark of 38.05. At the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy, he won two gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m sprints. He won the 100 m with the 10.09 mark.Brasileiro Paulo André vence os 100m na universíade de Nápoles
In 2016 his best mark in the 100 m was 10.26, evolving to 10.18 in 2017. On September 14, 2018, he obtained the 10.02 mark for the first time, the second best mark in the history of Brazil in the 100m, only behind to Robson da Silva, with 10.00. He repeated the 10.02 time in April 2019.Próximo da barreira dos 10s, Paulo André mostra evolução nos 100m e tenta marca história em Doha
At the 2019 Pan American Games, held in Lima, Peru, he won the silver medal in the 100 m, event that Brazil has not won a medal since 1999, and gold in Brazil's relay.Paulo André voa para a prata no 100mCampeão mundial, Brasil confirma favoritismo e leva o ouro no revezamento 4x100m no Pan
In August 2019, at the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo, he won the 100m with the 9.90 mark, which was just not validated as a new South American Record because it was obtained with a wind of +3.2 m/s (the limit is + 2 m/s).
In late September 2019, he went to the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, where he won his 100 m heat with a mark of 10.11. The last time a Brazilian had gone to a semifinal in this event was in Gothenburg in 1995. He was just 0.03s from qualifying for the final: he finished 12th overall, with a mark of 10.14 in the semis, while the 8th and last classified for the final got 10.12.Paulo André vence eliminatória dos 100m e Brasil vclta à uma semifinal após 24 anosPaulo André pára na semifinal do Mundial de 2019Resultados da semi
He qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
International competitions Representing 2015South American Junior ChampionshipsCuenca, Ecuador4th200 m21.241st4 × 100 m relay39.90World Youth ChampionshipsCali, Colombia8th100 m10.83 –200 mDNF2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th100 m10.29 –4 × 100 m relayDQ2017Pan American U20 ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru2nd100 m10.46 –200 mDNF2018Ibero-American ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru1st100 m10.271st4 × 100 m relay38.782019World RelaysYokohama, Japan1st4 × 100 m relay38.05 –4 × 200 m relayDNFUniversiadeNaples, Italy1st100 m10.091st200 m20.287th4 × 100 m relay1:23.05Pan American GamesLima, Peru2nd100 m10.161st4 × 100 m relay38.27World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar12th (sf)100 m10.1436th (h)200 m20.754th4 × 100 m relay37.722021World RelaysChorzów, Poland2nd (h)4 × 100 m relay38.451Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan23rd (sf)100 m10.3112th (h)4 × 100 m relay38.342023South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil3rd 100 m10.031st4 × 100 m relay38.70World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary34th (h)100 m10.258th (h)4 × 100 m relay38.19Pan American GamesSantiago, Chile21st (h)100 m 49.831st4 × 100 m relay38.682024Olympic GamesParis, France61st (h)100 m10.46 1Disqualified in the final
Personal life In 2022, Oliveira was cast as a contestant in Big Brother Brasil's 22nd season. He came in 2nd place, losing to actor and singer Arthur Aguiar.
References
External links
Paulo Andre Camilo at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)