José Carlos Pinto (runner)
Pinto in 2026 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Born | 3 May 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle-distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:45.12 (2025) 1500m: 3:31.94 (2025) 3000m: 7:46.31 (2025) 5000m: 13:29.38 (2025) Road 5km: 13:10 (2025) 10km: 27:38 (2026) |
José Carlos Pinto (born 3 May 1997) is a Portuguese middle-distance runner. He competed over 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Career
He is from Lagares da Beira, in the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital in the Coimbra District. He is a member of Sporting CP athletics club.[2][3]
Shortly before competing for Portugal at the 2025 European Running Championships in Belgium, he began working with Gjert Ingebrigtsen, with the working relationship becoming official in the weeks following that. Pinto began having positive results quickly; that spring and into early summer he won five consecutive races.[4]
In June 2025, he lowered his personal best for the 1500 metres to 3:35.10 at the 2025 Bislett Games.[5] He then competed over 3000 metres race at the Trond Mohn Games in Bergen, Norway, finishing with a time of 7:44.31 to set a new personal best and moved to twelfth on the Portuguese all-time list.[6] The following month, he won the 1,500 meters at the Meeting Spitzen Leichtathletik, in Lucerne in a time of 3:34.60.[2] He then he ran 3:31.94 for the 1500 metres to move to third on the Portuguese all-time list at that distance behind only Isaac Nader and Rui Silva, as he won at the Night of Athletics in Belgium. The time also met the auto qualification standard for the upcoming world championships.[7]
He was a semi-finalist in the 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, finishing runner-up in his qualifying heat behind former world champion Jake Wightman of Great Britain in 3:37.09.[8]
In November, he won the 2025 Portuguese Cross Country Championships.[9] On 31 December, he won the 5km Cursa dels Nassos, a World Athletics Label event, held in Barcelona.[10]
On 11 January 2026, Pinto broke the Portuguese 10km national record in Valencia, with 27:37.[11] In February 2026, he placed second with his Sporting team in the mixed relay at the ECCC Cross Country in Albufeira, Portugal.[12]
References
- ^ "José Carlos Pinto". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ a b "José Carlos Pinto wins 1,500m in Lucerne". abola.pt. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Lagarense José Carlos Pinto wins gold medal". Fhadocentro.pt. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "José Carlos Pinto: from Lisbon to Tokyo with a stopover... in Norway". Record.pt. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Bislett Games pre-programme". World Athletics. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "JOSÉ CARLOS PINTO IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN NORWAY". fpatletismo.pt. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "José Carlos Pinto wins 1,500 meters in Belgium and qualifies for the World Championships". rtp.pt. July 19, 2025. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 14 Sep 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ Mills, Steven (25 Nov 2025). "World champion Nader headlines Portugal's team for SPAR European Cross Country Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 11 Dec 2025.
- ^ "Amebaw runs 14:23 to win 5km in Barcelona". World Athletics. 31 Dec 2025. Retrieved 5 Jan 2026.
- ^ Mills, Steven (11 Jan 2026). "European record! Almgren smashes his European 10km record with 26:46 in Valencia". European Athletics. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ Mills, Steven (8 Feb 2026). "Nader and Afonso combine for mixed relay success in Albufeira". European Athletics. Retrieved 8 Feb 2026.