Alexander Russo (born 26 July 1994) is a Brazilian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

sprinter who competes in the 400 metres. He represented the host nation at the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. He holds a personal best of 46.15 seconds for the 400 m, set in 2014. He won 400 m individual medals in age category competitions at the

2013 South American Junior Championships in Athletics The 40th South American Junior Championships in Athletics ( es, Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Juveniles) were held from October 18–20, 2013 at the Estadio Jaime Zapata in Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina.Biscayart, Eduardo (2013-10-21 ...

and the

2014 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics The 6th South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay at Pista Darwin Piñeyrúa on October 3–5, 2014. Sprinters Aldemir da Silva Junior from Brazil, new 200m championship record in 20.50s, and Déborah ...

. At those events he took gold with the Brazilian

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

team. He was also a relay finalist at the 2015 Military World Games and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Personal bests

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

– 10.92 (2012) *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 21.62 (2012) * 400 metres – 46.15 (2014) *

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 ...

– 40.24 (2014) *

– 3:00.43 (2016) All information from All-Athletics profile.Alexander Russo
. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.

International competitions

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Russo, Alexander Living people 1994 births Brazilian male sprinters Olympic athletes for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century Brazilian people