Carlos Calado

Carlos Calado ( Carlos Nuno Tavares Calado, born October 5, 1975 in Alcanena ) is a former Portuguese athlete who in 2001 a world championship bronze medal in the long jump won, but distinguished himself in other disciplines.

1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta went to Calado both the triple jump (Rank 19 ) and in the long jump ( rank 24), but different from each qualifying. In the first U23 European Championships, held in Turku in 1997, he won the long jump with a wind- aided 8.32 m and two centimeters ahead of the Russians Kirill Sossunow, was third Ukrainian Oleksiy Lukaschewytsch. Im also wind -aided final of the 100-meter run, the Greek Angelos Pavlakakis won ahead of Calado and Marlon Devonish. In the Indoor Athletics Championships 1998 in Valencia in the long jump with 8.06 m won Lukaschewytsch before Calado second place and Frenchman Emmanuel Bangue to third place, which were both jumped 8.05 m.

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, ranked Calado in the long jump mt 7,94 m tenth. At the World Indoor Championships in 2001 in Lisbon Calado won bronze with 8,16 m, Iván Pedroso just jumped on, Kareem Streete - Thompson received for the same length of silver because of the better second attempt.

At the World Athletics Championships 2001 in Edmonton Calado took the bronze medal with 8.21 meters behind Iván Pedroso and Savante Stringfellow (USA).

This was the last major success of Calado, who still took at major championships a few years, but the qualification is no longer survived. Calado provided a total of eleven national records. His national record in the 100 -meter run has been improved by Francis Obikwelu, his triple-jump record of Nelson Évora.

Carlos Calado is 1.86 m tall, weighed about 80 kg competition times and started for Sporting Lisbon.

Personal best

  • 60 meters: 6.60 s, February 20, 1999 Espinho
  • 100 meters: 10.11 s, June 6, 1999, Vila Real de Santo António
  • 200 meters: 20.90 s, July 20, 1997 Coimbra Hall: 21.74 s, February 2, 2003 Espinho
  • Hall: 8,22 m, January 26, 2002, Espinho
  • Hall: 17,09 m, February 20, 1999 Espinho
Alcanena Municipality Portugal 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships Kareem Streete-Thompson 2001 World Championships in Athletics Savanté Stringfellow 60 metres Espinho, Portugal
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