Fernando Reis

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Fernando Reis

| image = Fernando Reis 2016.jpg

| caption = Reis in 2016

| full_name =

| nationality = {{flagicon|Brazil}} Brazilian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|03|10}}

| birth_place = São Paulo, São Paulo

| height = 185 cm

| weight = 146 kg

| sport = Weightlifting

| club = Pinheiros

| coach = Luis López

| pb = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 201 kg (2018, Santo Domingo) |Clean & Jerk: 240 kg (2016, Rio de Janeiro) |Total: 440 kg (2017, Anaheim) }}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{BRA}}}}

}}

Fernando Saraiva Reis (born March 10, 1990) is a Brazilian weightlifter. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/fernando-reis-1.html Fernando Reis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005080503/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/fernando-reis-1.html |date=October 5, 2016 }}. sports-reference.com and the 2016 Rio Games,[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/fernando-saraiva-reis Fernando Saraiva Reis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806065747/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/fernando-saraiva-reis |date=August 6, 2016 }} rio2016.com finishing 11th and 5th, respectively. He won a bronze medal in the 2018 World Championships and is a three-time Pan American Games champion.

Career

Reis competed at the 2010 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, winning the bronze medal in Snatch and placed fourth in Total. This was Brazil's first-ever medal at the Weightlifting World Championships in any age group, gender or weight class.[https://www.lance.com.br/todos-esportes/pesista-brasileiro-renasceu-depois-doping-obscuro.html Lance] (in Portuguese) That same year, he won a silver medal at the 2010 South American Games.{{cite news |url=http://www.iwf.net/2011/11/03/fernando-reis-made-history-for-brazil/ |title=Fernando Reis made history for Brazil |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |access-date=August 10, 2012}}

In April 2011, Reis tested positive for methylhexanamine and was suspended for six months. He returned just in time to win the gold medal in the 105+ kg category at the 2011 Pan American Games. With this performance, he became the first Brazilian weightlifter to win a gold medal in the Pan American Games.{{cite news |url=http://www.iwf.net/2012/01/18/moment-horacio-reis/ |title=My son made me proud |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |access-date=August 10, 2012}}

Reis originally placed 12th at the 2012 Olympics in the +105 kg event but was bumped up to 11th after Yauheni Zharnasek failed a doping retest in 2016. In 2015, Reis won the gold medal at the Pan American Games with the championship and Brazilian record (Snatch: 192 kg, Clean and jerk: 235 kg, Total: 427 kg).{{cite news |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n10159518-reis-fernando.htm |title=2015 Toronto |access-date=September 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170412/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n10159518-reis-fernando.htm |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}} Reis finished in 10th at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships and set the Brazilian record in snatch with 195 kg.{{cite news |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/levantamento-de-peso/noticia/2015/11/russo-quebra-recorde-mundial-e-leva-o-ouro-fernando-reis-termina-em-11.html |title=Russo quebra recorde mundial e leva o ouro; Fernando Reis termina em 11º |work=globoesporte.com |date=November 28, 2015 |access-date=November 29, 2015 |language=Portuguese}}

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 5th in the Men's +105 kg and broke the Panamerican Record in the Clean and Jerk and Total (195 in Snatch and 240 in Clean & Jerk, a total of 435 kg).{{cite news |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/olimpiadas/levantamento-de-peso/noticia/2016/08/fernando-reis-faz-melhor-marca-da-carreira-mas-fica-13kg-do-bronze.html |title=Fernando Reis faz melhor marca da carreira, mas fica a 13kg do bronze |work=globoesporte.com |date=August 16, 2016 |access-date=August 16, 2016 |language=Portuguese}} In 2019, he won his third consecutive gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in the +109 kg category.

At the 2018 Pan American Weightlifting, he again broke his Americas Snatch record by lifting 201 kg. In the Clean & Jerk, he made 235 kg, and in the overall total, 436 kg, winning gold in all three events.[https://ge.globo.com/levantamento-de-peso/noticia/fernando-reis-bate-recorde-no-arranco-e-brasil-finaliza-pan-com-6-medalhas.ghtml Fernando Reis bate recorde no arranco, e Brasil finaliza Pan com 6 medalhas]

At the 2018 World Championships, held in November, Reis obtained a historic 4th place for Brazil in the overall total, the country's best position of all time, with the mark of 436 kg (201 kg in the snatch and 235 kg in the Clean & Jerk). He came very close to winning the bronze medal when he lifted the weight to 245 kg in the Clean & Jerk, but the judges did not consider the lift valid because of the position of the arms. On March 20, 2021, the International Weightlifting Federation announced that Rustam Djangabaev's results at the 2018 World Championships had been nullified. Reis was then promoted to bronze medal in total and fourth in both snatch and clean & jerk. This was Brazil's first medal in the history of the World Weightlifting Championships.{{cite news |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/levantamento-de-peso/noticia/fernando-reis-herda-bronze-e-se-torna-1o-medalhista-do-brasil-em-um-mundial-de-levantamento-de-peso.ghtml |title=Fernando Reis herda bronze e se torna 1º medalhista do Brasil em um Mundial de levantamento de pesos |work=globoesporte.com |date=March 20, 2021 |access-date=March 22, 2021 |language=Portuguese}}

At the Pan American Games in Lima 2019, despite still recovering from knee surgery performed at the end of 2018, he easily won the third championship, lifting 420 kg in total, against 399 for the athlete who won silver.[https://ge.globo.com/jogos-pan-americanos/noticia/fernando-reis-sobra-diante-dos-rivais-e-fatura-o-tricampeonato-do-pan-no-levantamento-de-peso.ghtml Fernando Reis sobra diante dos rivais e fatura o tricampeonato do Pan no levantamento de peso]

Records

He has set 5 Panamerican records and he currently owns the Panamerican record for all three lifts in the +105 kg weight category.

{{unbulleted list|Snatch: 201 kg (2018, Santo Domingo) |Clean & Jerk: 240 kg (2016, Rio de Janeiro) |Total: 440 kg (2017, Anaheim) }}

Personal life

Reis took up weightlifting aged 11. He is a fan of car racing, his idol in sport is Ayrton Senna.[http://www.cob.org.br/pt/atletas/fernando-saraiva-reis Fernando Saraiva Reis]. cob.org.br

Major results

width=60 \| 1 ! width=60 \| 2 ! width=60 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank ! width=60 \| 1 ! width=60 \| 2 ! width=60 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Year ! rowspan=2 width=275 \| Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Weight ! colspan=4 \| Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 \| Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Rank
colspan=13 \| Olympic Games
2012	align=left\| {{flag icon\|UK}} London, United Kingdom	+105 kg	178	180	~~186~~	12	220	~~225~~	--	11	400	11
2016	align=left\| {{flag icon\|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	+105 kg	190	~~195~~	195	5	240 PMR	~~245~~	~~247~~	5	435 PMR	5
colspan=13 \| World Championships
2010	align=left \| {{flag icon\|TUR}} Antalya, Turkey	+105 kg	~~155~~	~~155~~	155	29	~~190~~	190	--	27	345	26
2011	align=left \| {{flag icon\|FRA}} Paris, France	+105 kg	170	176	~~181~~	20	207	212	217	16	393	17
2013	align=left \| {{flag icon\|POL}} Wrocław, Poland	+105 kg	~~182~~	182	~~188~~	10	223	228	~~230~~	6	410	7
2014	align=left \| {{flag icon\|KAZ}} Almaty, Kazakhstan	+105 kg	182	~~190~~	190	8	225	230	~~235~~	7	420	9
2015	align=left \| {{flag icon\|USA}} Houston, United States	+105 kg	190	~~195~~	195	7	230	~~240~~	~~240~~	12	425	10
2017	align=left \| {{flag icon\|USA}} Anaheim, United States	+105 kg	192	200 PMR	~~204~~	4	240	~~247~~	~~248~~	6	440 PMR	6
2018	align=left \| {{flag icon\|TKM}} Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	+109 kg	193	198	201	4	235	~~245~~	~~246~~	4	436	{{bronze3}}
2019	align=left \| {{flag icon\|THA}} Pattaya, Thailand	+109 kg	185	~~191~~	192	5	225	232	~~236~~	9	424	8
colspan=13\|Pan American Games
2011	align=left\| {{flagicon\|MEX}} Guadalajara, Mexico	+105 kg	176	181	185	1	211	216	225	1	410	{{gold1}}
2015	align=left\| {{flagicon\|CAN}} Toronto, Canada	+105 kg	180	192	~~195~~	1	221	235	--	1	427	{{gold1}}
2019	align=left\| {{flagicon\|PER}} Lima, Peru	+109 kg	180	185	190	1	212	220	230	1	420	{{gold1}}
colspan=13 \| Pan American Championships
2010	align=left \| {{flag icon\|GUA}} Guatemala City, Guatemala	+105kg	165	--	--	4	203	--	--	5	368	4
2012	align=left \| {{flag icon\|GUA}} Antigua, Guatemala	+105kg	180	~~190~~	~~190~~	{{gold1}}	220	230	~~235~~	{{gold1}}	410	{{gold1}}
2013	align=left \| {{flag icon\|VEN}} Isla Margarita, Venezuela	+105kg	175	180	~~187~~	{{gold1}}	217	222	227	{{gold1}}	407	{{gold1}}
2014	align=left \| {{flag icon\|DOM}} Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	+105kg	180	187	~~191~~	{{gold1}}	~~215~~	--	--	--	--	--
2018	align=left \| {{flag icon\|DOM}} Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	+105kg	190	196	201 PMR	{{gold1}}	226	235	~~245~~	{{gold1}}	436	{{gold1}}