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Ricardo de Souza
Brazilian track and field sprinter (born 1994)
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.[2] He enjoyed success with the Brazilian 4 × 100 metres relay team, taking bronze at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships,[3] 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.[4]
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.[1]