Wagner José Alberto Carvalho Domingos (born 26 March 1983 in

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) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the

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. His personal best of 78.63 metres (2016) is the current South American record. In the first half of 2016, Domingos broke 3 times the Brazilian record of Hammer Throw: launched the hammer to 75,60m in May in Zagreb; 75,62m in Varazdin, and 76,12m in Zagreb again. The first time he broke the Brazilian record in 2005, the best mark in the country was 66,30m. Until then, the record was not improved since 1978. On June 20, 2016, he finally broke the South American record for the hammer throw with 78,63m. The South American record was 76.42m, belonged to the Argentine Juan Cerra until 2006. Brazil again had a representative at the Olympic Games in this event, which has not happened since Carmine Di Giorgi played it in Los Angeles 1932.Wagner Domingos bate recorde sul-americano no lançamento de martelo e faz índice olímpico
/ref> In December 2012, he married javelin thrower Laila Ferrer e Silva.

Personal best

* Hammer throw: 78.63 m –

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, 19 June 2016

Competition record

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* 1983 births Living people Brazilian male hammer throwers Sportspeople from Recife Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Brazil South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games Pan American Games athletes for Brazil 20th-century Brazilian people 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub