Thiago Braz da Silva (born 16 December 1993) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the pole vault who held the Olympic record of 6.03 metres.

Thiago Braz da Silva won the gold medal with an Olympic record and surpassed his personal best performance by 10 cm.

At this point in the race, Renaud Lavillenie, who competed with both feet injured, still had a chance to overtake Braz and gave up from 5.87, passing the bar to 5.92; however, he failed in his attempts and was left without a medal.

This ensured Braz on the podium, as only he, the Swede Armand Duplantis, who was the world record holder and favorite for gold, and the American Chris Nilsen, who surprisingly reached 5.97 getting the silver, remained in the race.

The ban, which Braz stated he would lodge an appeal against with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, was backdated to the start of his provisional suspension making him eligible to return to competition on 27 November 2024.