Augusto Dutra de Oliveira is one of the most popular and richest Vaulter who was born on July 16, 1990 in Marília, São Paulo, Brazil.
Born in Marília in Brazil’s São Paulo state, de Oliveira first competed internationally in 2009: he won the South American Junior title with a vault of 4.90 metres and placed fourth at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. His personal best that year was 5.00 m. He began training under Elson Miranda, a former pole vaulter, with the Clube Atletismo BM&F Bovespa.
The following year he took the title at the 2010 South American Games (which doubled as the South American Under-23 Championships). He improved his best to 5.40 metres in May and went on to place second nationally at the Brazilian Athletics Championships. He was fourth at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics. His 2012 was highlighted by a new personal best of 5.45 m and a silver medal at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.
