Ronald Odair de Oliveira Julião (born 16 June 1985) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw. He is a member of BM&F Bovespa's track club and is trained by João Paulo Alves da Cunha.Seleção Masculina. CBAT. Retrieved on 2012-05-21. He is the Brazilian record holder in the discus throw (65.55 m). He is the second highest ranked South American discus thrower after Jorge Balliengo and has won straight titles at the Brazil championships since 2005.
Julião is a five-time medallist in the discus at the South American Championships in Athletics and won the gold medal in the event in 2011 with a Championship record. He also won a silver medal in the shot put at the 2009 South American Championships. He won bronze medals in the discus at the Pan American Games and Summer Universiade in 2011.
Career Early career Born in Caieiras in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, Ronald Julião attended Sebastião de Oliveira Gusmão school and began training in the shot put from the age of thirteen. He won the Ibirapuera schools meet in 1999 and an athletics coach, Fatima Aparecida Germano, offered to train him as a result. She taught him in the shot put and also added the discus throw event to his oeuvre.Perfil - Ronald Julião. BM&F Bovespa. Retrieved on 2012-05-21. In his first major regional competition he took third place in the shot put at the 2002 South American Youth Championships.2002 South American Youth Championships . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-05-21. He came sixth in the shot at the 2003 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, but showed progression in the discus by taking second place with a throw of 56.36 m.2003 South American Junior Championships . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-05-21. He signed up with the BM&F Bovespa club in 2005 and began to establish himself in the senior ranks that year.
First regional medals He won his first national discus title in 2005 and took the bronze medal in the event at the 2005 South American Championships in Athletics, also finishing sixth in the shot put.. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2012-05-21. The following year he was runner-up to Argentine athletes twice in the discus. At the 2006 South American Championships in Athletics he finished behind Jorge Balliengo,Biscayart, Eduardo (2006-10-02). Brazil confirms its South American domination in Tunja. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-22. then at the 2006 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics he was beaten by Germán Lauro. Outside of the region, he was eighth in the shot put and fourth in the discus at the 2006 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 (pgs. 193-201). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-09. In Macau he won his first international shot put medal, taking the bronze at the 2006 Lusophony Games.
In the 2007 season Julião improved his personal bests to 59.75 m for the discus and 17.81 m for the shot put.Julião Ronald. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-21. He came fifth at the 2007 South American Championships in Athletics with his shot put effort and was runner-up to Lauro in the discus competition.Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-09). 6.91m Long Jump victory for Maggi over Costa - South American Championships Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-19. He was further down the rankings at the 2007 Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro, taking tenth place in the shot and sixth in the discus. He cleared eighteen metres in the shot put for the first time in May 2008, throwing 18.12 m at the South American GP meet in Uberlândia. He won both throwing national titles at the Brazilian Championships, but did not qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His sole international competition that year was the Ibero-American Championships, where he managed third in the discus.
Julião threw a shot put best of 18.19 m to take the silver medal at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics – a performance that was better than that in his principal event, as he came third in the discus.Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-21). Adriano takes seventh South American Discus title – Day 2 report . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-24.Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-22). Brazil repeats triumph at South American Championships – Day 3 report . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-24. Repeating his feat from three years previously, he came third in the shot at the 2009 Lusophony Games.LusofG Lisboa POR 12 - 13 July. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-08-20.
South American champion He improved significantly as an athlete in the 2010 season. Under the advice of José Luis Martínez, a Spanish throwing coach, he had changed the focus of his training, moving away from building strength and towards technique-based methods.Biscayart, Eduardo (2011-06-05). Windy 14.59m Triple Jump for Ibargüen in Buenos Aires – South American Champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-05. Clearing sixty metres in the discus for the first time, he opened the year with a Brazilian record of 60.40 m, beating José Araujo de Souza's mark which has stood since 1990. He broke the record three more times that year, culminating in a throw of 63.09 m at the Meeting de Atletismo Madrid. He also became the national indoor record holder in the shot put with a throw of 17.51 m. There were no major international competitions for Julião that year, but he placed fifth in the shot and sixth in the discus at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships. He improved his indoor shot put record to 17.94 m at the start of 2011. He was fourth in that event at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics, but performed well in the discus by taking his first ever continental gold medal with a Championship record throw of 62.72 m. Still studying at university, his form peaked for the 2011 Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen. He broke the outdoor national record in the shot put with a throw of 18.78 m (coming ninth) and improved his discus mark to 63.30 m to leave the competition with the bronze medal.2011 Summer Universiade Men's Shot Put Results . sz2011. Retrieved on 2012-05-21.2011 Summer Universiade Men's Discus Throw Results . sz2011. Retrieved on 2012-05-21. His last appearance for Brazil that year came at the 2011 Pan American Games, where he won another discus bronze medal.Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-25). Silva upsets Murer to capture gold, Collins clocks 10.00 Games’ record in semis – Pan American Games, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
Julião threw 65.41 m at the Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo in May 2012, lifting him into second place on the all-time South American discus rankings behind Jorge Balliengo.
Personal bests Shot put: 18.78 m – Shenzhen, 16 August 2011 Discus throw: 65.55 m – La Jolla, California, 27 April 2013
Competition record Representing 2002South American Youth ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay3rdShot put (5 kg)16.80 m2003South American Junior ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuador2ndDiscus throw (1.75 kg)56.36 mPan American Junior ChampionshipsBridgetown, Barbados11thShot put (6 kg)16.29 m4thDiscus throw (1.75 kg)54.93 m2005South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia6thShot put16.97 m4thDiscus throw56.51 m2006Ibero-American ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico8thShot put16.89 m3rd*Discus throw52.36 mSouth American ChampionshipsTunja, Colombia7th**Shot put15.95 m2ndDiscus throw57.02 mLusophony GamesMacau3rdShot put16.10 mSouth American U23 Championships /<br/ > South American GamesBuenos Aires, Argentina2ndDiscus throw55.13 m2007South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil5thShot put17.81 m2ndDiscus throw56.53 mPan American GamesRio de Janeiro10thShot put17.31 m6thDiscus throw54.36 m2008Ibero-American ChampionshipsIquique, Chile6thShot put17.64 m3rdDiscus throw56.77 m2009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru2ndShot put18.19 m3rdDiscus throw54.97 mLusophony GamesLisbon, Portugal3rdShot put17.63 m2010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain6thShot put18.57 m5thDiscus throw57.91 m2011South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina4thShot put17.88 m1stDiscus throw62.72 mUniversiadeShenzhen, China9thShot put18.78 m (NR)3rdDiscus throw63.30 m (NR)Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico9thShot put17.94 m3rdDiscus throw61.70 m2012Ibero-American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela2ndDiscus throw61.67 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom41st (q)Discus throw56.20 m2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia11thShot put17.47 m1stDiscus throw63.54 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia22nd (q)Discus throw59.36 m2014South American GamesSantiago, Chile2ndDiscus throw59.12 mIbero-American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil3rdDiscus throw59.75 mPan American Sports FestivalMexico City, Mexico3rdDiscus59.40m A2015South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru2ndDiscus throw59.80 mPan American GamesToronto, Canada2ndDiscus throw64.65 mWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China21st (q)Discus throw61.02 m2016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil1stDiscus throw59.56 m2017South American ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay4thDiscus throw55.89 m *: At the 2006 Ibero-American Championships, Ronald Julião as initially 4th, but Argentinian Marcelo Pugliese was disqualified because of doping violations. **: Competing out of competition.
National titles Discus throw: 2005 to 2015 (11) Shot put: 2008 to 2011 (4)
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