Juliana Paula dos Santos
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Born | Cubatão, Brazil | 12 July 1983|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 3000m steeplechase | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Juliana Paula Gomes dos Santos (née de Azevedo; born 12 July 1983) is a Brazilian
Santos was a two-time champion over
She is married to Marílson Gomes dos Santos, another Brazilian runner and the first South American victor at the New York City Marathon.
Career
Youth and junior career
Born Juliana Paula de Azevedo on 12 July 1983 in Cubatão, São Paulo,[1] she competed in track competitions as a teenager. Her first international success came at the 1998 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, where she was the gold medallist in the 800 metres. She retained that title two years later at the 2000 edition.[2]
That same year she won her first medal at
She was chosen to represent Brazil at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics and she produced a personal best in the 800 m final. She was beaten by winner Janeth Jepkosgei (a future world champion) but edged out Great Britain's Jemma Simpson to secure the bronze medal – her first global medal.[5] She made her senior international debut for Brazil that season, running in the 800 m at the 2002 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, where she placed sixth.[6]
South American titles
She entered the senior ranks fully in the 2003 season. She placed third in the 800 m at the
At the 2006 Brazilian Championships she secured an 800/1500 m double, including a new best of 4:16.25 minutes over the longer distance.
Pan American champion
She married fellow Brazilian runner Marílson Gomes dos Santos around the start of 2007 and began competing under her married name, Juliana Gomes dos Santos.[1] A fifth straight title in the 1500 m came at the Brazilian Championships that year and she was selected to run at the 2007 Pan American Games. There she became the first South American woman to win the 1500 m Pan American title, seeing off American Mary Jayne Harrelson by a margin of nearly two seconds. Hers was one of nine athletics gold medals for the hosts in Rio de Janeiro. She ran in the 800 m heats the same day, but did not make the final of that discipline.[11] She ran in Europe that June a set a personal best of 4:11.39 minutes in Neerpelt.[9]
Santos won another 1500 m national title in 2008, but did not compete internationally over the following seasons and missed 2009 entirely.
Santos made her first international appearance in cross country running at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and on her first attempt placed 69th in the women's race. She ran a personal best of 16:56.73 minutes for the 5000 metres of the track that summer.[14] Two international medals came at the 2014 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, held on her home area of São Paulo. She was the bronze medallist in the 1500 m and successfully stepped up a distance with a gold medal over 3000 metres.[15] In spite of this success, when it came to the national stage she was relegated to runner-up in both middle-distance track events, losing to Jessica dos Santos in the 800 m and Flávia de Lima in the 1500 m.[16]
Personal bests
- 800 metres – 2:01.25 min (2005)
- 1500 metres – 4:07.30 min (2010) NR
- 3000 metres – 9:19.80 min (2014)
- 5000 metres – 16:56.73 min (2013)
National titles
- Brazilian Athletics Championships
- 800 metres: 2006, 2012
- 1500 metres: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
References
- ^ a b Juliana Gomes (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ SOUTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS (GIRLS). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ SOUTH AMERICAN (ODESUR) GAMES. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ Women 800 metres Final. IAAF (2002-07-12). Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ X Campeonato Iberoamericano De Atletismo - 5/11/02 to 5/12/02. CFPI Timing. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ Brazilian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ a b c d e Juliana Paula Santos. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ Official results Archived 2012-07-04 at the Wayback Machine. Pan American Games 2007. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ Arribas, Carlos (2010-12-31). Nuria y 35.000 más en Vallecas. El País. Retrieved on 2011-01-01.
- ^ Valiente, Emeterio (2010-06-07). Murer vaults 4.85m Area Record as Cuba and Spain dominate in San Fernando – Ibero-American Championships report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ Juliana Paula dos Santos Archived 2014-11-04 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ IbAmC São Paulo BRA 1 - 3 August Ibero-American Championships. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ^ NC São Paulo BRA 9 - 12 October National Championships, 32nd Troféu Caixa de Atletismo. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.