João Carlos de Oliveira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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athletics competitor
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Place of Birth: Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brazil
About João Carlos de Oliveira
- João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" (May 28, 1954 – May 29, 1999) was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump.Born in Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo De Oliveira won two Olympic bronze medals.
- His personal best of 17.89 metres, set on October 15, 1975 in Pan American Games, stood as the world record until 1985.
- As of today, it is still in the top twenty of all-time best results in the event.In 1981, he was in a car accident near São Paulo in which he lost one leg.
- Afterward, he became a vocal advocate for the rights of the disabled.
- He died in 1999 from complications of alcoholism. There exists some doubt on the judging of the 1980 Olympic men's triple jump final.
- Several jumps of winning distance by both Oliveira and Ian Campbell of Australia were adjudged as fouls by the all-Soviet judging panel, despite video replays showing this was not the case.
- One of Oliveira's jumps was estimated to be a new world record beyond eighteen metres.
- These decisions resulted in Soviet athletes Jaak Uudmäe and Viktor Saneev winning the competition with performances in the low 17-metre area.
- Harry Seinberg, coach to Uudmäe, confirmed off-the-record that the judging had leaned in favour of the home athletes.
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