Marcos Chuva

Marcos Chuva ( born August 8, 1989) is a Portuguese athlete. He specializes in the long jump. At a height of 1.83 m his competition weight is 75 kg.

Life

Marcos Chuva attended the Escola de Salesian Manique in Alcabideche and began 2003 with the Athletics. His coach at the school was Fernando Pereira. Since 2007 Chuva start for Benfica. He studied at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Achievements

In the Jogos da Lusofonia 2009 at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa in Lisbon he won with 8.09 m in the long jump gold medal. In the first league of the track team in the European Football Championship 2010 Puskás Ferenc Stadium in Budapest, he was second with 7.96 meters in the long jump behind Michel Tornéus. In the U23 European Athletics Championships 2011 Mestsky stadium in Ostrava, he finished with 7.94 m behind Alexander Menkow second place. At the World Athletics Championships 2011 in Daegu Stadium in Daegu, he qualified for the finals with 8.10 m and 8.05 m was there with tenth. A competition of BIGBANK Kuldliiga series in Estonian Viljandi he won in 2011 with his personal best jump of 8.34 m at 1.8 m / s tail wind with 34 cm ahead of Salim Sdiri. He improved his personal best by 31 centimeters and there was only 2 cm behind the Portuguese record of Carlos Calado from the year 1997. During World Class Zurich, an event of the IAAF Diamond League at the Stadio Letzigrund in Zurich, he was charged with 7.88 m of third parties and got his first Diamond League points. In the Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan he received on 12 July 2013 his jump to 8.15 m the bronze medal.

The Portuguese championship in the long jump he could 2008, 2009 and 2011 win ( by 7.79 m). In 2011 he also won the Portuguese long jump championship in the hall. He had won in 2008 in the long jump and the 110- meter hurdles, the Portuguese Junior Championship. The Portuguese U23 long jump championship he won in 2010 and 2011.

Personal best

Outdoor

  • Long Jump: 8.34 m on August 9, 2011 in Viljandi
  • 110- meter hurdles (99 inch hurdle height): 13.98 s on 11 July 2008 in Bydgoszcz
  • 110- meter hurdles ( 106.68 cm obstacle height): 14,17 s on June 14, 2009 in Leiria
  • 100 - meter dash: 10.71 s on May 9, 2010 in Lisbon

Hall

  • Long jump: 7,74 m on February 26, 2011 in Pombal
  • 60 - meter hurdles: 8.39 s on February 10, 2008 in Espinho in Portugal U23 Championship
S.L. Benfica 2009 Lusophony Games 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships 2013 Summer Universiade Pombal Municipality Espinho, Portugal
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