Wagner Domingos

Wagner Domingos
Personal information
Full name Wagner José Alberto Carvalho Domingos
Nickname(s) Montanha
Born (1983-03-26) March 26, 1983
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 118 kg (260 lb)
Sport
Country  Brazil
Event(s) Hammer throw
Updated on 25 January 2015.

Wagner José Alberto Carvalho Domingos (born 26 March 1983 in Recife) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the hammer throw. His personal best of 78.63 metres (2016) is the current South American record.[1]

At the 2007 Pan American Games, Domingos finished 7th in the Men's hammer throw.

At the 2011 Pan American Games, Domingos finished 4th in the Men's hammer throw.

At the 2015 Pan American Games, Domingos finished 4th in the Men's hammer throw.

In December 2012, he married javelin thrower Laila Ferer.[2]

In the first half of 2016, Domingos broke 3 times the Brazilian record of Hammer Throw: launched the hammer to 75,60m in May in Zagreb; 75,62m in Varazdin, and 76,12m in Zagreb again. The first time he broke the Brazilian record in 2005, the best mark in the country was 66,30m. Until then, the record was not improved since 1978.[3]

On June 20, 2016, he finally broke the South American record for the hammer throw with 78,63m. The South American record was 76.42m, belonged to the Argentine Juan Cerra until 2006. Brazil again had a representative at the Olympic Games in this event, which has not happened since Carmine Di Giorgi played it in Los Angeles 1932.[4]

Personal best

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Brazil
2000 South American Youth Championships Bogotá, Colombia 4th Hammer throw (5 kg) 58.39 m
2001 South American Junior Championships Santa Fe, Argentina 5th Hammer throw (6 kg) 50.14 m
2002 South American Junior Championships /
South American Games		 Belém, Brazil 3rd Hammer throw (6 kg) 65.15 m
2004 South American U23 Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 2nd Hammer throw 63.86 m
2005 South American Championships Cali, Colombia 2nd Hammer throw 67.33 m
2006 Ibero-American Championships Ponce, Puerto Rico 3rd Hammer throw 66.06 m
South American Championships Tunja, Colombia 3rd Hammer throw 67.27 m
2007 South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 3rd Hammer throw 65.15 m
Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th Hammer throw 65.27 m
2008 Ibero-American Championships Iquique, Chile 5th Hammer throw 66.24 m
2009 South American Championships Lima, Peru 4th Hammer throw 67.10 m
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 3rd Hammer throw 70.95 m
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 2nd Hammer throw 70.65 m
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 4th Hammer throw 70.16 m
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 2nd Hammer throw 71.91 m
2013 South American Championships Cartagena, Colombia 1st Hammer throw 71.36 m
2014 South American Games Santiago, Chile 1st Hammer throw 70.62 m
Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st Hammer throw 74.12 m
Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México, México 3rd Hammer throw 73.77m A
2015 South American Championships Lima, Peru 1st Hammer throw 71.47 m
Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 4th Hammer throw 73.74 m
World Championships Beijing, China 22nd (q) Hammer throw 71.82 m
2016 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st Hammer throw 72.18 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12th Hammer throw 72.28 m

References

  1. ↑ "News From Around the World - EME NEWS (JUN 19, 2016)". american-trackandfield.com. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Cordovano, Ana Carolina (28 June 2012), Wagner Domingos lamenta não acompanhar namorada em Londres – Sem vaga no lançamento do martelo, Montanha prefere torcer por Laila Ferrer, do dardo, em casa (in Portuguese), Internet Group, retrieved May 11, 2014
  3. ↑ Montanha quebra o recorde no martelo pela 3ª vez no ano e se aproxima de índice
  4. ↑ Wagner Domingos bate recorde sul-americano no lançamento de martelo e faz índice olímpico
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