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.

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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 {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub