Bruno de Barros
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bruno Lins Tenório de Barros | ||||||||||||
| Born |
January 7, 1987 Maceió, Alagoas | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Country |
 Brazil | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 4 × 100m relay | ||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||
| Updated on 13 April 2014. | |||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Bruno Lins Tenório de Barros (born 7 January 1987 in Maceió) is a Brazilian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.
Biography
He was born in Maceió, and resides in São Bernardo. Barros represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed in the 4x100 metres relay together with José Carlos Moreira, Vicente de Lima and Sandro Viana. In their qualification heat they placed fourth behind Trinidad and Tobago, Japan and the Netherlands. Their time of 39.01 was the seventh out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.24 seconds, the fourth time after the Jamaican, Trinidad and Japanese teams.[1] He also took part in the 200 metres individual, finishing fifth with a time of 21.15 seconds in his first round heat, which was not enough to qualify for the second round.[2]
His personal best time is 20.47, achieved in February 2008 in São Paulo. He also has 10.22 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in March 2008 in São Paulo.[2]
In 2009, he was suspended by the IAAF for 2 years for a doping offence involving the drug rh-EPO.[3]
Personal bests
- 100 m: 10.16 (wind: +1.8 m/s) – São Paulo, 21 March 2009
- 200 m: 20.16 (wind: +1.1 m/s) – São Paulo, 7 August 2011
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Brazil | |||||
| 2004 | South American Youth Championships | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 1st | 4x100 m relay | 42.42 s |
| 2006 | Lusophony Games | Macau | 1st | 200 m | 21.56 (wind: +0.2 m/s) |
| South American U-23 Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 6th | 200 m | 21.20 w (wind: +2.3 m/s) | |
| 2nd | 4 x 100 m relay | 40.15 | |||
| 2008 | Ibero-American Championships | Iquique, Chile | 2nd | 200 m | 20.95 (wind: -0.5 m/s) |
| 1st | 4 x 100 m relay | 38.96 | |||
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 5th (h) | 200 m | 21.15 (wind: -1.1 m/s) | |
| 4th | 4 x 100 m relay | 38.24 | |||
| South American U-23 Championships | Lima, Perú | 2nd | 100 m | 10.70 A (wind: -2.0 m/s) | |
| 1st | 200 m | 21.13 A (wind: -1.0 m/s) | |||
| 1st | 4 x 100 m relay | 40.06 | |||
| 1st | 4 x 400 m relay | 3:09.02 | |||
| 2009 | South American Championships | Lima, Perú | – | 200 m | DQ |
| Lusophony Games | Lisbon, Portugal | – | 200 m | DQ | |
| – | 4 x 100 m relay | DQ | |||
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 6th | 200 m | 20.31 (wind: +0.8 m/s) |
| – | 4 x 100 m relay | DQ | |||
| Pan American Games | Guadalajara, México | 3rd | 200 m | 20.45 A (wind: -1.0 m/s) | |
| 1st | 4 x 100 m relay | 38.18 A | |||
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 6th (sf) | 200 m | 20.55 (wind: -0.5 m/s) |
| 4th (h) | 4 x 100 m relay | 38.35 | |||
| 2013 | South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 2nd | 100 m | 10.33 (wind: +1.3 m/s) |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 19th (h) | 200 m | 20.60 (wind: +0.0 m/s) | |
| 2014 | South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 4th | 200 m | 20.77 (wind: -1.0 m/s) |
| 1st | 4 x 100 m relay | 38.90 | |||
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 26th (h) | 200 m | 20.42 |
| — | 4x100m relay | DNF | |||
References
- ↑ Athlete biography: Bruno de Barros, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 29, 2008
- 1 2 Bruno de Barros profile at IAAF
- ↑ Doping Rule Violations. IAAF (2009-10-19). Retrieved on 2010-03-20.
External links
- Bruno de Barros profile at IAAF
- Sports reference biography
| ||||||