Carlos Chinin
Carlos Eduardo Bezerra Chinin is a decathlete from Brazil.
At the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon|2007 Pan American Games] in Rio de Janeiro, the first Chinin's Pan, he won the bronze medal in the decathlon. He finished the first day in the second place, dropped to fourth after nine races, but made a startling rise in the last race, the 1500 m, finishing with 7977 points and medal.
At the Athletics at the [2007 Summer Universiade – Men's decathlon|2007 Universiade] in Bangkok, Chinin won a bronze medal, making 7920 points.
At the Olympic Games Athletics at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon|Beijing 2008] in China, Chinin suffered a spasm in the buttocks during the second step of the decathlon, and had difficulties in the other competitions. He had bad performances in the shot put, high jump and 400 meter. Then, on the second day, did not dispute the 110 meter hurdles, and was eliminated
In June 2013, Chinin broke the South American record in the decathlon, with the mark of 8393 points. Thus, he qualified for the 2013 [World Championships in Athletics], obtaining the third best mark this year's World Ranking. The South American record earlier belonged to Luiz Alberto de Araujo, who had reached 8,276 points in 2012.
At the 2013 [World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon|2013 World Championships] in Moscow, he made great competition until the ninth and penultimate round, where he was in fifth place, near the bronze medal. Chinin finished in sixth place with 8388 points, 5 of his South American record. Chinin hit 4 personal bests and made the best campaign of a Brazilian in the World Championships on decathlon.