Paulo André Camilo de Oliveira (often called Camilo to avoid homonymy, born 20 August 1998) is a Brazilian sprinter. In the 100 metres, he was a silver medalist at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

, and a semifinalist in the

World Athletics Championships The World Athletics Championships, known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics until 2019, are a biennial sport of athletics, athletics competition organized by World Athletics, formerly International Association of Athletics Federations ...

of the same year. He also won the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

at the 2019 World Relays. At the 2019 Troféu Brasil de Atletismo he managed to run the 100 m in a time of 9.90 seconds, but the time was not ratified due to the wind conditions.

Professional athletics career

He is the son of a former sprinter Carlos José Camilo de Oliveira, who represented Brazil in the 1980s. He began to stand out by participating in the team from Brazil that won the 2019 World Relays, held in

Yokohama is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a popu ...

, Japan, with a mark of 38.05. At the

2019 Summer Universiade The 2019 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXX Summer Universiade () and also known as Naples 2019, or Napoli 2019, was held in Naples, Italy, between 3 and 14 July 2019. It was initially scheduled for Brasília, Brazil in July 201 ...

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

, Italy, he won two gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m sprints. He won the 100 m with the 10.09 mark. In 2016 his best mark in the 100 m was 10.26, evolving to 10.18 in 2017. On September 14, 2018, he obtained the 10.02 mark for the first time, the second best mark in the history of Brazil in the 100m, only behind to

Robson da Silva Robson Caetano da Silva (born September 4, 1964 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian sprinter. He participated in four consecutive Olympic Summer Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996) and won the bronze medal over 200 metres in the 1988 Seoul Olympics as ...

, with 10.00. He repeated the 10.02 time in April 2019. At the 2019 Pan American Games, held in

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

, Peru, he won the silver medal in the 100 m, event that Brazil has not won a medal since 1999, and gold in Brazil's relay. In August 2019, at the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo, he won the 100m with the 9.90 mark, which was just not validated as a new South American Record because it was obtained with a wind of +3.2 m/s (the limit is + 2 m/s). In late September 2019, he went to the World Athletics Championships in

Doha Doha ( ) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor (city), Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. It ...

, Qatar, where he won his 100 m heat with a mark of 10.11. The last time a Brazilian had gone to a semifinal in this event was in Gothenburg in 1995. He was just 0.03s from qualifying for the final: he finished 12th overall, with a mark of 10.14 in the semis, while the 8th and last classified for the final got 10.12. He qualified to represent Brazil at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

International competitions

¹Disqualified in the final

Personal life

In 2022, Oliveira was cast as a contestant in ''

Big Brother Brasil ''Big Brother Brasil'' is the Brazilian version of the '' Big Brother'' reality franchised television show based on the original Dutch television series of the same name, that was created in 1997 by John de Mol Jr.. It is the second one with ...

s 22nd season. He came in 2nd place, losing to actor and singer Arthur Aguiar.

References

External links

* * *
Paulo Andre Camilo
at the

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira, Paulo André de 1998 births Living people Brazilian male sprinters Sportspeople from Santo André, São Paulo Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games athletes for Brazil FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Ibero-American Championships in Athletics winners Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games