Fernando Saraiva Reis (born March 10, 1990) is a Brazilian weightlifter. He competed at both the

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Career

Reis competed at the 2010

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where he won the bronze medal in Snatch and placed fourth in Total. This was Brazil's first ever medal at the Weightlifting World Championships in any age group, gender or weight class.Lance
(in Portuguese) That same year he won a silver medal at the

2010 South American Games The IX South American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Sudamericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos'') was a multi-sport event held between 19 and 30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organi ...

. In April 2011, Reis tested positive for

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and was suspended for six months. He returned just in time to win the gold medal in the 105+ kg category at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

. With this performance he became the first Brazilian weightlifter to win a gold medal in the

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. Reis originally placed 12th at the 2012 Olympics in the +105 kg event, but was bumped up to 11th after Yauheni Zharnasek failed a doping retest in 2016. In 2015, Reis won the gold medal at the

with the championship record and Brazilian record ( Snatch: 192 kg,

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: 235 kg, Total: 427 kg). Reis finished in 10th at the

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and set the Brazilian record in snatch with 195 kg. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

he finished 5th in the Men's +105 kg, and broke the Panamerican Record in the Clean and Jerk and Total (195 in Snatch and 240 in Clean & Jerk, total 435 kg). In 2019 he won his third consecutive gold medal at the

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in the +109 kg category. At the 2018 Pan American Weightlifting, he again broke his

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Snatch record by lifting 201 kg. In the Clean & Jerk he made 235 kg, and in the overall total, 436 kg, winning gold in all three events. At the 2018 World Championships, held in November, Reis obtained a historic 4th place for Brazil in the overall total, the country's best position of all time, with the mark of 436 kg (201 kg in the snatch and 235 kg in the Clean & Jerk). He came very close to winning the bronze medal, when he lifted the weight to 245 kg in the Clean & Jerk, but the judges did not consider the lift valid because of the position of the arms. On March 20, 2021, the

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announced that Rustam Djangabaev's results at the 2018 World Championships have been nullified. Reis was then promoted to bronze medal position in total, and fourth in both snatch and clean & jerk. This was Brazil's first medal in the history of the

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. At the Pan American Games in Lima 2019, despite still recovering from knee surgery, performed at the end of 2018, he easily won the third championship, lifting 420 kg in total, against 399 for the athlete who won silver.Fernando Reis sobra diante dos rivais e fatura o tricampeonato do Pan no levantamento de peso
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Records

He has set 5 Panamerican records and he currently owns the Panamerican record for all three lifts in the +105 kg weight category.

Personal life

Reis took up weightlifting aged 11. He is a fan of car racing, his idol in sport is

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Major results

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reis, Fernando Saraiva 1990 births Living people Brazilian male weightlifters Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Olympic weightlifters of Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games World Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from São Paulo 21st-century Brazilian people