Francisco Belo

Francisco Belo

Belo in 2019
Personal information
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1991-03-27) 27 March 1991 (age 33) Castelo Branco, Portugal[1]
Education	Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight	135 kg (298 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put, discus throw
Club	Benfica
Coached by	Volodymyr Zinchenko

Francisco Miguel Pereira Boavida Pires Belo (born 27 March 1991) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the shot put.^[3] He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without qualifying for the final. In addition, he finished fourth at the 2019 European Indoor Championships.

International competitions[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Portugal
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	15th (q)	Shot put (6 kg)	18.16 m
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	15th (q)	Shot put	17.04 m
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	16th (q)	Shot put	17.63 m
			25th (q)	Discus throw	50.38 m
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	12th	Shot put	17.06 m
			13th	Discus throw	52.40 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	15th (q)	Shot put	19.55 m
	European Throwing Cup	Las Palmas, Spain	3rd	Shot put	20.52 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	29th (q)	Shot put	19.47 m
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	1st	Shot put	20.86 m
			5th	Discus throw	59.78 m
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	7th	Shot put	19.39 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	14th (q)	Shot put	19.66 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	Shot put	20.97 m
	European Throwing Cup	Šamorín, Slovakia	1st	Shot put	20.97 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	32nd (q)	Shot put	19.52 m
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	4th	Shot put	21.28 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	16th (q)	Shot put	20.58 m
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	15th	Shot put	19.87 m
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	12th (q)	Shot put	19.61 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	27th (q)	Shot put	19.24 m

Personal bests[edit]

^[4]

Outdoor

• Shot put – 21.27 (Kladno 2021)
• Discus throw – 62.01 (Vagos 2017) NR

Indoor

• Shot put – 21.28 (Toruń 2021) NR

References[edit]

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