Ederson Vilela Pereira (born 6 June 1990) is a Brazilian distance runner who competes in events from

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

to the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

. He was the gold medallist in the

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

.Totti, Iuri (2019-08-10)
Ederson Pereira: da decepção para o ouro nos 10.000m do Pan de Lima
. Terra. Retrieved 2021-04-12. He has also won medals in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

at the

2017 South American Championships in Athletics 2017 South American Championships in Athletics was the 50th edition of the biennial athletics competition between South American nations. The event was held in Luque, near Asunción, Paraguay, from 23 to 25 June at the Pista Comité Olímpico Para ...

and the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

at the 2016 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. Pereira has represented his nation in

cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun ...

four times at the

World Athletics Cross Country Championships World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...

(2008, 2009, 2011, 2013) and shared in team titles with the Brazilian men at the

South American Cross Country Championships The South American Cross Country Championships is an annual continental cross country running competition for athletes from South America or, more specifically, member countries of CONSUDATLE. It was first held in 1986, making it the oldest of t ...

in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2013. He competed at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. 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.

International competitions

National titles

Brazilian Athletics Championships Brazilian commonly refers to: * Something of, from or relating to Brazil * Brazilian Portuguese, the dialect of the Portuguese language used mostly in Brazil * Brazilians, the people (citizens) of Brazil, or of Brazilian descent Brazilian may als ...

**5000 m: 2013 **10,000 m: 2018, 2019Ederson Vilela Pereira
World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-12.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Ederson 1990 births Living people Brazilian male middle-distance runners Brazilian male long-distance runners Brazilian male marathon runners Brazilian male cross country runners Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian people 21st-century Brazilian people