de Oliveira, Joao Carlos

de Oliveira, Joao Carlos
▪ 2000

      Brazilian athlete who set a world record in the triple jump at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City with a jump of 17.89 m (58 ft 8.25 in); his record, which surpassed the previous mark by an astonishing 45 cm (17.7 in), stood for 10 years; he won bronze medals in the triple jump at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games and gold medals in the event at three World Cups (1977, 1979, 1981); he also excelled as a sprinter and long jumper; his athletic career ended prematurely in 1981 when his right leg had to be amputated below the knee after a serious car accident (b. May 28, 1954, Pindamonhangaba, Braz.—d. May 29, 1999, São Paulo, Braz.).

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