Fernando Reis

Reis competed at the 2010 Junior World Weightlifting Championships where he won 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.[4] That same year he won a silver medal at the 2010 South American Games.[5]

In April 2011, Reis tested positive for methylhexanamine and was suspended for six months.[4] 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.[6]

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.[3] In 2015, Reis won the gold medal at the Pan American Games with the championship record and Brazilian record (Snatch: 192 kg, Clean and jerk: 235 kg, Total: 427 kg).[7] Reis finished in 10th at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships and set the Brazilian record in snatch with 195 kg.[8]

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, total 435 kg).[9] In 2019 he won his third consecutive gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in the +109 kg category.

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

Reis took up weightlifting aged 11. He is a fan of car racing, his idol in sport is Ayrton Senna.[2]