Career
His personal best for the event is 49.29 seconds, set in 2007. He represented his country at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Born in São Paulo Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, he is trained by former South American record holder Sanderlei Parrela.
The following year he was runner-up to fellow Brazilian Ricardo da Silva at the South American Juniors and was fourth at the 2003 Pan American Junior Championships, beaten to a medal by Javier Culson.
That same year he was third at the South American Under 23 Athletics Championships. In 2005 he ran under 50 seconds for the 400 m hurdles for the first time, clocking 49.89 sec in the heats of the Brazilian championships, but he was beaten to the national title by Tiago Bueno.
He began his 2006 season by winning the South American University Games title. He was the runner-up nationally that year and gained his first senior level medals: he was the hurdles bronze medallist at the 2006 South American Championships in Athletics and helped Brazil to the 4×400 metres relay title.
He was a double gold medallist at the 2007 South American Championships in Athletics, winning both the hurdles and relay titles, and made his global debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics (though he was knocked out in the heats stage).
He also represented Brazil at the 2007 Pan American Games (where he was a finalist) and the 2007 Summer Universiade. After a low-key 2008, in which he failed to run under 50 seconds and was sixth nationally, he returned to the international podium in 2009, coming second at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics and taking the hurdles gold at the 2009 Lusophony Games. Injuries ruled him out for most of 2010.