Éderson Pereira

Ederson Pereira
Personal information
Full nameEderson Vilela Pereira
Born (1990-06-06) 6 June 1990 (age 33)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportAthletics
Event(s)5000 metres, 10,000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000 metres: 13:23.24
10,000 metres: 28:27.47
Marathon: 2:13:15
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 10,000 m

Ederson Vilela Pereira (born 6 June 1990) is a Brazilian distance runner who competes in events from 1500 metres to the marathon. He was the gold medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 Pan American Games.[1] He has also won medals in the 5000 metres at the 2017 South American Championships in Athletics and the 3000 metres at the 2016 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.[2]

Pereira has represented his nation in cross country running four times at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013) and shared in team titles with the Brazilian men at the South American Cross Country Championships in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2013.[3] He competed at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships.[2]

He holds personal bests of 13:23.24 minutes for the 5000 metres, 28:27.47 for the 10,000 metres and 2:13:15 hours for the marathon. He is a three-time national champion at the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo, winning in the 5000 m in 2013 and in the 10,000 metres in 2018 and 2019.[2]

International competitions

Representing  Brazil
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result Notes
2006 South American Cross Country Championships Mar del Plata, Argentina 12th U18 race 13:00 [3]
2007 South American Cross Country Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd U18 race 12:54 [3]
1st U18 team 5 pts [3]
2008 South American Cross Country Championships Asunción, Paraguay 3rd U20 race 26:48 [3]
1st U20 team 9 pts [3]
World Cross Country Championships Edinburgh, United Kingdom 100th Junior race 26:25
13th Junior team 299 pts
2009 South American Cross Country Championships Concepción, Chile 3rd U20 race 25:42 [3]
1st U20 team 9 pts [3]
World Cross Country Championships Amman, Jordan 61st Junior race 26:17
South American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil 4th 5000 m 14:51.82
2nd 10,000 m 31:20.38 Held in Pan American Junior race[4]
Pan American Junior Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 5th 5000 m 14:24.48
2nd 10,000 m 31:20.38 [5]
2011 South American Cross Country Championships Asunción, Paraguay 4th Senior race 37:52 [3]
1st Senior team 7 pts [3]
World Cross Country Championships Punta Umbría, Spain 88th Senior race 37:55
17th Senior team 326 pts
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 6th 3000 m 8:19.59
2013 South American Cross Country Championships Concordia, Argentina 6th Senior race 41:43 [6]
1st Senior team 12 pts [6]
World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 74th Senior race 35:45
2016 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd 3000 m 7:56.20
— 5000 m DNF
2017 South American Championships Luque, Paraguay 2nd 5000 m 13:59.20
4th 10,000 m 29:39.85
2019 South American Championships Lima, Peru 7th 5000 m 14:12.00
— 10,000 m DNF
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 7th 5000 m 13:58.72
1st 10,000 m 28:27.47 PB
2020 World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland 90th Half marathon 1:04:19
18th Team 3:12:37
2022 South American Indoor Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 2nd 3000 m 8:40.96
Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain 13th 5000 m 14:16.16

National titles

References

  1. ^ Totti, Iuri (2019-08-10). Ederson Pereira: da decepção para o ouro nos 10.000m do Pan de Lima (in Portuguese). Terra. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  2. ^ a b c d Ederson Vilela Pereira. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 6, 2014
  4. ^ World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on August 31, 2013, retrieved November 1, 2011
  5. ^ World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 2013-08-31, retrieved January 8, 2012
  6. ^ a b XXVIII CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY CONCORDIA - ARG - 24 DE FEBRERO DEL 2013 - MANUAL TECNICO (PDF) (in Spanish), CONSUDATLE, archived from the original on 2014-01-02, retrieved January 1, 2014{citation}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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