Nickname(s) Montanha Weight 118 kg Height 1.87 m | Name Wagner Domingos | |
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Full name Wagner Jose Alberto Carvalho Domingos Born March 26, 1983 (age 41) ( 1983-03-26 ) | ||
Wagner domingos no lan amento de martelo pan americano 2011 hd
Wagner José Alberto Carvalho Domingos (born 26 March 1983 in Recife) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the hammer throw. His personal best of 78.63 metres (2016) is the current South American record.
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At the 2007 Pan American Games, Domingos finished 7th in the Men's hammer throw.
At the 2011 Pan American Games, Domingos finished 4th in the Men's hammer throw.
At the 2015 Pan American Games, Domingos finished 4th in the Men's hammer throw.
In December 2012, he married javelin thrower Laila Ferer.
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.