Diogo Miguel Pacheco Ferreira (born 30 July 1990 in Queluz) is a

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athlete specialising in the

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. He won the gold medal at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...

. In addition, he represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without clearing any height. His personal bests in the event are 5.71 metres outdoors (Lisbon 2017) and 5.60 metres indoors (Potsdam 2015) The former is the current national record.

International competitions

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References

1990 births Living people People from Queluz, Portugal Portuguese male pole vaulters World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) S.L. Benfica athletes Universiade gold medalists for Portugal Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Lisbon District {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub