Adriana da Silva explained

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Adriana da Silva
Fullname:Adriana Aparecida da Silva
Birth Date:1981 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Cruzeiro, São Paulo
Height:1.68m (05.51feet)
Weight:50kg (110lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Marathon
Updated:12 May 2014

Adriana Aparecida da Silva (born 22 July 1981) is a Brazilian long-distance runner who competes in half marathons and marathons. She has represented her country at World Championship-level both on the roads and in cross country. She won two gold medals in the marathon at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico and 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

She is a member of Esporte Clube Pinheiros.

Career

Adriana da Silva was born in Cruzeiro, São Paulo, and started her career as a cross country runner. She represented Brazil in the junior races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1998 and 2000. Following a national title win in the half marathon, she made her first senior appearance on the world stage at the 2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, coming in 39th place.[1]

After a break in her athletics career, da Silva returned to action in 2008 and ran for Brazil at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ending the race in 82nd place. She made her marathon debut at the Santa Catarina Marathon in Florianópolis and won on her first attempt, recording a time of 2:41:30 hours.[2] She was selected for the Brazilian squad at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics as a result and improved her best to 2:40:54 hours to finish 43rd in the Berlin race.[1] In 2010, she came third at the São Paulo Marathon, just two seconds outside of her personal best time. She won the Río de Janeiro Half Marathon in July and went on to have her highest global placing at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning, where she was 25th in the rankings.[2] The 2010 Berlin Marathon in September saw her significantly improve her best with a finishing time of 2:32:30 hours for seventh place.[3]

In 2011, she ran at the Vienna City Marathon and was sixth with a time of 2:33:48 hours.[1] Later that year, she won the South American title in the half marathon. The 2011 Pan American Games saw her ascend to the peak of the regional scene as she won the marathon gold medal in a Games record time of 2:36:37 hours, in spite of Guadalajara's high altitude.[4] She set a personal best of 2:29:17 hours at the 2012 Tokyo Marathon, finishing ninth overall.[5] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 47th in a time of 2:33:15.[6] [7]

In 2015, she was the gold medalist in the marathon at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada after the Peruvian athletic Gladys Tejeda lost her gold medal. She also broke the Games record with a time of 2:35:40 hours.[8]

Personal bests

Achievements

Representing
1996South American Youth ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay4th300 m hurdles44.43 s
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 400 m relay3:49.67 min
1998South American Cross Country Championships - JuniorArtur Nogueira, Brazil7th6 km24:37
World Cross Country Championships – JuniorMarrakech, Morocco108th6 km25:16
Saint Silvester Road RaceSão Paulo, Brazil32nd15 km1:01:26
1999South American Cross Country Championships - JuniorArtur Nogueira, Brazil6th6 km24:26
South American Junior ChampionshipsConcepción, Chile4th5000 m17:41.82
2000South American Cross Country Championships - JuniorCartagena, Colombia4th6 km23:11
World Cross Country Championships - JuniorVilamoura, Portugal115th6.29 km25:37
2001South American Cross Country ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil11th[9] 8 km30:19
2004World Half Marathon ChampionshipsNew Delhi, India39thHalf marathon1:19:49
2009South American Cross Country ChampionshipsConcepción, Chile9th8 km29:26
World Cross Country ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan82nd8 km31:40
Lusophony GamesLisbon, Portugal3rd10 km (road)35:36
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany42ndMarathon2:40:54
2010World Half Marathon ChampionshipsNanning, China25thHalf marathon1:14:24
Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany7thMarathon2:32:30
2011South American Cross Country ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay6th8 km28:17.8
South American Half Marathon ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentinabgcolor=gold1stHalf marathon1:13:16
Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Méxicobgcolor=gold1stMarathon2:36:37
2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom47thMarathon2:33:15
South American Half Marathon ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguaybgcolor=gold1stHalf marathon1:17:50
2013South American ChampionshipsCartagena, Colombia8th10,000 m36:19.37
2014South American GamesSantiago, Chile7th5000 m17:20.94
8th10,000 m36:19.37
2015Pan American GamesToronto, Ontario, Canadabgcolor=gold1stMarathon2:35:40

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=132887/index.html da Silva Adriana Aparecida
  2. http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atw.php?ID=32483&Season=2009&Odd=0 Adriana da Silva
  3. Butcher, Pat (26 September 2010). Makau and Kebede triumph in rainy Berlin. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 November 2010.
  4. Monti, David (25 October 2011). Da Silva Wins Pan Am Games Women’s Marathon . Race Results Weekly. Retrieved on 3 November 2011.
  5. Nakamura, Ken (26 February 2012). Kipyego wins Tokyo Marathon, Gebrselassie fades to a disappointing fourth. IAAF. Retrieved on 27 February 2012.
  6. Web site: London 2012 marathon women Results - Olympic athletics.
  7. Adriana da Silva. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185538/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/adriana-da-silva-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 .
  8. Web site: Winner of women's marathon at Pan Am Games stripped of medal for doping . 10 September 2015.
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