José Carlos Pinto (runner)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Born | 3 May 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle-distance running |
José Carlos Pinto (born 3 May 1997) is a Portuguese middle-distance runner. He competed over 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Career
[edit]He is from from Lagares da Beira, in the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital in the Coimbra District. He is a member of S.L. Benfica athletics club.[2][3]
Shortly before competing for Portugal at the 2025 European Running Championships in Belgium, he began working with Gjert Ingebrigtsen, with the working relationship becoming official in the weeks following that. Pinto began having positive results quickly; that spring and into early summer he won five consecutive races.[4]
In June 2025, he lowered his personal best for the 1500 metres to 3:35.10 at the 2025 Bislett Games.[5] He then competed over 3000 metres race at the Trond Mohn Games in Bergen, Norway, finishing with a time of 7:44.31 to set a new personal best and moved to twelfth on the Portuguese all-time list.[6] The following month, he won the 1,500 meters at the Meeting Spitzen Leichtathletik, in Lucerne in a time of 3:34.60.[2] He then he ran 3:31.94 for the 1500 metres to move to third on the Portuguese all-time list at that distance behind only Isaac Nader and Rui Silva, as he won at the Night of Athletics in Belgium. The time also met the auto qualification standard for the upcoming world championships.[7]
He was a semi-finalist in the 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, finishing runner-up in his qualifying heat behind former world champion Jake Wightman of Great Britain in 3:37.09.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "José Carlos Pinto". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ a b "José Carlos Pinto wins 1,500m in Lucerne". abola.pt. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Lagarense José Carlos Pinto wins gold medal". Fhadocentro.pt. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "José Carlos Pinto: from Lisbon to Tokyo with a stopover... in Norway". Record.pt. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Bislett Games pre-programme". World Athletics. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "JOSÉ CARLOS PINTO IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN NORWAY". fpatletismo.pt. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "José Carlos Pinto wins 1,500 meters in Belgium and qualifies for the World Championships". rtp.pt. July 19, 2025. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 14 Sep 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
