Ricardo Mário de Souza (born 21 September 1994) is a Brazilian track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres. He represented the host nation at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He holds a personal best of 10.21 seconds for the 100 m.
He emerged in 2013 with three medals at the 2013 South American Junior Championships in Athletics.RESULTADOS 20.10.2013 . CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2013-10-26. He enjoyed success with the Brazilian 4 × 100 metres relay team, taking bronze at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships,. AmericasAthletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-21. a gold at the 2014 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, and a silver at the 2016 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics held in Rio de Janeiro.4x100 m relay IberoAmericano 2016. CBAT. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics he led off a team including Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Bruno de Barros, and Jorge Vides that placed sixth in the final.
Personal bests 100 metres – 10.21 (2016) 200 metres – 20.78 (2014) 400 metres – 49.41 (2015) 4 × 100 metres relay – 38.19 (2016)
All information from All-Athletics profile.Ricardo Mário de Souza. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
International competitions 2013South American Junior ChampionshipsResistencia, Argentina2nd100 m10.423rd200 m21.551st4 × 100 m relay40.32Pan American Junior ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia3rd4 × 100 m relay39.962014South American U23 ChampionshipsMontevideo, Uruguay4th100 m10.641st4 × 100 m relay39.742016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd4 × 100 m relay38.65Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil6th4 × 100 m relay38.41South American U23 ChampionshipsLima, Peru3rd100 m10.471st4 × 100 m relay39.86
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