Select Page

Gerson Baldé

Gerson Baldé (born 28 January 2000) is a Portuguese long jumper and high jumper. He is a multiple-time national champion in both disciplines. He competed in the long jump at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]

Career

From Albufeira, Algarve, he is a member of S.L. Benfica athletics club, in Lisbon.[2][3]

He finished 19th in the high jump at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.[4][5] He jumped 8.14 metres to narrowly miss the high jump final at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul.[6]

He set a long jump personal best of 8.14 metres in 2024, and went on to compete at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[5] He qualified with the fifth furthest distance in Rome, recording 8.10 metres, however in the final he did not make a clean jump and therefore did not register a distance.[7]

In January 2025, he won the long jump with 8.11 metres at the Mário Moniz Pereira Meeting, allowing him to automatically qualify for the upcoming European Indoors.[8] He qualified for the final of the long jump at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships with an opening jump in qualifying of 8.11 metres, which was also the longest jump in qualification.[9][10] In the final he recorded a jump of 8.07 metres with his second effort, which was enough to secure him fourth place overall.[11]

Subsequently, he was selected to compete at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships that same month in Nanjing, China.[12] He placed eighth overall in Nanjing, with a best mark of 8.03 metres.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Gerson Baldé". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Isaac Nader and Gerson Baldé take to the European Indoor Championships today". Sulimformacao.pt. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Gerson Baldé from Algarve wins long jump at the Meeting de Nantes". Sulimformacao.pt. 27 Jan 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Portugal in Munich with their largest ever delegation at the European Championships". Record.pt. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Gerson Baldé: I went in for the kill, but the difficulty is getting the length right with the boar". Record.pt. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  6. ^ "European Athletics Championships: Gerson Baldé on the verge of reaching the high jump final". Desporto. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Men Long Jump Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  8. ^ "GERSON BALDÉ STANDS OUT IN JAMOR". Fpatletismo.pt. 11 January 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Algarveans Isaac Nader and Gerson Baldé compete today in the finals of the Apeldoorn European Championships". Sulimformacao.pt. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  10. ^ "European Athletics Championships: Gerson Baldé jumps straight into the final". Ojogo.pt. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Gerson Baldé fourth in the long jump at the European Athletics Championships". Ojogo.pt (in Portuguese). 7 March 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Indoor World Championships on the agenda for Algarve athletes Isaac Nader and Gerson Baldé". Sulinformacao.pt. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  13. ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.