Francisco Belo

Francisco Miguel Pereira Boavida Pires Belo (born 27 March 1991) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the shot put.[3] He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without qualifying for the final. In addition, he finished fourth at the 2019 European Indoor Championships.

Francisco Belo
Belo in 2019
Personal information
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1991-03-27) 27 March 1991
Castelo Branco, Portugal[1]
EducationFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight135 kg (298 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put, discus throw
ClubBenfica
Coached byVolodymyr Zinchenko

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Portugal
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 15th (q) Shot put (6 kg) 18.16 m
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 15th (q) Shot put 17.04 m
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 16th (q) Shot put 17.63 m
25th (q) Discus throw 50.38 m
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 12th Shot put 17.06 m
13th Discus throw 52.40 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 15th (q) Shot put 19.55 m
European Throwing Cup Las Palmas, Spain 3rd Shot put 20.52 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 29th (q) Shot put 19.47 m
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 1st Shot put 20.86 m
5th Discus throw 59.78 m
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 7th Shot put 19.39 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 14th (q) Shot put 19.66 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 4th Shot put 20.97 m
European Throwing Cup Šamorín, Slovakia 1st Shot put 20.97 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 32nd (q) Shot put 19.52 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 4th Shot put 21.28 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 16th (q) Shot put 20.58 m
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 15th Shot put 19.87 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 12th (q) Shot put 19.61 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 27th (q) Shot put 19.24 m

Personal bests

[4]

Outdoor

Indoor

References
  1. Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
  2. "2018 Med Games bio". Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  3. Francisco Belo at World Athletics
  4. All-Athletics profile


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