Matheus Lima Da Silva (born 1 June 2003) is a Brazilian sprinter and hurdler specialising in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

and

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a ...

. In March 2024, he ran the second fastest time in Brazilian history in the 400m, with a time of 44.52, behind only

Sanderlei Parrela Sanderlei Claro Parrela (born October 7, 1974 in Santos) is a former Brazilian sprinter. Career With a personal best of 44.29 seconds he is the South American record holder at 400 metres. He won a silver medal in this event at the 1999 World ...

. With this, he qualified for the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

. In April 2024, he obtained his second Olympic standard for the Paris 2024 Games, in the 400m hurdles, with a time of 48.55. In the debut of the

300 metres hurdles The 300 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. It is a standard event under the NFHS in American high school competition and a championship level event in Masters athletics. The two iterations of the event vary somewhat. Common to a ...

event, he clocked 33.98 seconds, the second best in the history of the event, behind only world record holder

Karsten Warholm Karsten Warholm (; born 28 February 1996) is a Norwegian Sport of athletics, sprinter who competes in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles, 400 m hurdles. He is the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion, silver meda ...

. Lima finished 2nd in the 400m hurdles event at the Shanghai leg of the 2025 Diamond League, with a time of 48.08. With this, he was 3rd in the world rankings for the event, behind Karster Warholm and fellow Brazilian

Alison dos Santos Alison Brendom Alves dos Santos (born 3 June 2000) is a Brazilian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He is a bronze medalist from the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, the 2022 World Champion and the third fastest athlete in the hist ...

. This time was also the 3rd best in Brazil's history in the event, behind only Alison dos Santos and

Eronilde de Araújo Eronilde Nunes de Araújo (born 31 December 1970 in Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia) is a Brazilian former athlete who specialized in 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Oly ...

.Matheus Lima obtém melhor marca pessoal nos 400 m com barreiras na Diamond League
/ref>

Personal bests

*200 m – 21.28 (wind: +1.3 m/s) (

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

2022) *400 m – 44.52 (São Paulo 2024) *300 m hurdles – 33.98 (Xiamen 2025) *400 m hurdles – 48.08 (Shanghai 2025)

References

2003 births Living people Brazilian male sprinters Sportspeople from Fortaleza 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 South American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub