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Andressa de Morais

Personal information

Full name

Andressa Oliveira de Morais

Born

(1990-12-21) December 21, 1990 (age 34)
João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

100 kg (220 lb)

Sport

Country

Brazil

Sport

Athletics

Event

Discus

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing Brazil
Pan American Games
	2023 Santiago	Discus throw
Disqualified	2019 Lima	Discus throw
Military World Games
	2015 Mungyeong	Discus throw
South American Games
	2018 Cochabamba	Discus throw

Updated on 7 October 2015

Andressa Oliveira de Morais (born December 21, 1990) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the discus throw. With a throw of 64.21 meters she achieved at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships she became the South American record holder.

In 2019, at Leiria, Portugal, she broke the South American record in Discus Throw, with a mark of 65.34.

At the 2019 Pan American Games, she won the silver medal in Discus Throw, breaking the South American record, with a mark of 65.98. It was reported she tested positive at the Games, and was later provisionally suspended.

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

International competitions

Representing Brazil
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result	Notes
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	5th	Discus throw	50.39 m
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	20th (q)	Discus throw	47.44 m
	South American U23 Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	Discus throw	51.24 m
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	5th	Discus throw	51.36 m
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	6th	Hammer throw	58.12 m
	South American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	Discus throw	55.27 m
	South American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	Hammer throw	55.26 m
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	Discus throw	55.28 m
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd	Hammer throw	55.01 m
2010	South American U23 Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	Discus throw	53.28 m
	South American U23 Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	Hammer throw	55.95 m
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	5th	Discus throw	54.20 m
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	Discus throw	57.54 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	18th (q)	Discus throw	57.93 m
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	Discus throw	64.21 m	AR
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	16th (q)	Discus throw	60.94 m
	South American U23 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	Discus throw	57.66 m
2013	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	5th	Discus throw	53.66 m
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	4th	Discus throw	52.62 m
2014	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	Discus throw	57.82 m
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Discus throw	61.15 m
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	6th	Discus throw	58.08 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	19th (q)	Discus throw	59.08 m
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	2nd	Discus throw	59.07 m
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	Discus throw	55.28 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	21st (q)	Discus throw	57.38 m
2017	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	Discus throw	64.68 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	11th	Discus throw	60.00 m
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	Discus throw	58.86 m
2018	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	1st	Discus throw	62.02 m
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Discus throw	62.42 m
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	DSQ	Discus throw	~~65.98 m~~	Doping
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	20th (q)	Discus throw	58.90 m
2022	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	3rd	Discus throw	58.33 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	20th (q)	Discus throw	58.11 m
	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	2nd	Discus throw	60.10 m
2023	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	Discus throw	59.92 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	17th (q)	Discus throw	59.15 m
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	2nd	Discus throw	59.29 m
2024	Ibero-American Championships	Cuiabá, Brazil	2nd	Discus throw	60.37 m
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	26th (q)	Discus throw	59.43 m

Personal bests

Discus Throw – 65.34 (Leiria 2019)
Hammer Throw – 58.89 (São Paulo 2012)

References

Biografia dos Atletas – Andressa De Morais (in Portuguese), Nissan Brasil, archived from the original on 2015-02-05, retrieved February 5, 2015
Globoesporte (26 June 2019). "De Morais breaks South American discus record in Leiria". Globoesporte. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
sport24 (6 September 2019). "Brazilian discus thrower suspended over doping". sport24. Retrieved 8 September 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
"Athletics de MORAIS Andressa". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22.

External links

Andressa de Morais at World Athletics
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andressa de Morais". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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