Danielzinho’s new trainer

Carlos Alberto Cavalheiro, who has coached Ronaldo da Costa, takes over

Cavalheiro, Danielzinho’s new coach, has plenty of experience in the role (Photo: Marcelo Ferrelli/CBAt)

“Who’s your coach?” This was the most common question that Daniel do NascimentoO Danielzinho, he received at the marathon press conferences in both New York and Hamburg. In the German city, the athlete replied that the last official coach he had was Neto Gonçalveswho took care of his return to competitions in 2019, but who had gone their separate ways as soon as Danielzinho started training in Kenya.

Jorge Silvaalso known as Jorginhowho was with him at the Rio 2022 Half Marathon and the Athletics World Cup, had the task of providing technical advice to the athlete and the work also did not continue after Daniel returned to training in the Rift Valley, in Africa.

Now, it’s up to the experienced Carlos Aberto Cavalheiro, the role of official coach of our best and most promising marathon runner. But how experienced is the Gentleman? Little thing. He was once the coach of Ronaldo da Costa (when this broke the world record in Berlin 1998), Robson Caetano, Geisa Coutinho, Rosângela dos Santos, between others. In addition, Carlos Alberto was also coach of the Brazilian National Team at the 1992 Barcelona, ​​Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. He also has professional passages in Uruguay, Ecuador and Qatar, where he has done a good job of attracting talent.

Having a Brazilian coach will be very important for Daniel, as in addition to guidance, he needs someone to represent him at the CBAt and take care of his interests with the entity, agents and race organizers.

May this new relationship generate good results (and good tests) for Danielzinho.