Cleverson Oliveira da Silva Teixeira (born 5 September 1973) is a retired
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian athlete who specialised in the
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
.
He won multiple medals at the continental level and jointly holds the
South American Championships record in the
4 × 400 metres relay
The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...
. He represented his country at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
failing to qualify for the semifinals.
His personal best is 49.10 seconds set in 1999.
Competition record
References
1973 births
Living people
Brazilian male hurdlers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
Olympic athletes for Brazil
World Athletics Championships athletes for Brazil
Pan American Games athletes for Brazil
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
21st-century Brazilian people
20th-century Brazilian people
Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners
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