José Carlos Gomes Moreira (born 28 September 1983 in

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) is a Brazilian sprinter who specializes in the

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. His personal best time is 10.16 seconds, achieved in June 2007 in

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. He competed at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the

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without reaching the final. In

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he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 3rd in his heat after

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and

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in a time of 10.29 seconds. He qualified for the second round in which he failed to qualify for the semi finals with a time of 10.32 and only the sixth time of his heat. Together with

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and

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he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they placed fourth behind

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and the

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. Their time of 39.01 was the seventh out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.24 seconds, the fourth time after the

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n, Trinidad and Japanese teams. Moreira could retrospectively be awarded the bronze medal for the Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics following the demotion in 2017 of the Jamaican team for Nesta Carter's failed Doping in sport, anti-doping test.

Personal bests

*100 m: 10.15 s (wind: +1.9 m/s) – São Paulo, 2 May 2009 *200 m: 21.00 s (wind: +1.7 m/s) – São Paulo, 5 August 2006

Achievements

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Tilastopaja biography
1983 births Living people Brazilian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Maranhão 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub