Maíla Machado Explained

Maíla Paula Machado (born 22 January 1981 in Limeira) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the 100 metres hurdles event. She competed twice at the Olympic Games, in 2004 in Athens and in 2008 in Beijing, both times failing to progress to the second round.

Her indoor 60 metres hurdles personal best of 8.08 is the current South American record.

Competition record

Representing
1998	South American Junior Championships	Córdoba, Argentina	3rd	100 m H	14.57
	World Youth Games	Moscow, Russia	12th (sf)	100 m H	14.54
			7th	4 × 100 m	49.33
1999	Pan American Junior Championships	Tampa, United States	3rd	100 m H	13.92
	South American Junior Championships	Concepción, Chile	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m H	13.85
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m H	13.25
	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	8th	100 m H	13.50 (-1.7 m/s)
	South American Junior Championships	São Leopoldo, Brazil	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m H	14.00
2001	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m H	13.18
	Universiade	Beijing, China	7th	100 m H	13.38
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 100 m	44.13
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m H	13.15
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19th (h)	60 m H	8.29
	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m H	13.63
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	9th (h)	100 m H	13.17
	World Championships	Paris, France	23rd (sf)	100 m H	13.34
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m H	13.42
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	27th (h)	100 m H	13.35
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m H	13.18
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	26th (h)	100 m H	13.21
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	16th (h)	60 m H	8.08 (AR)
	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m H	13.02
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m	44.49
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m H	13.28
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m	44.72
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	33rd (h)	100 m H	13.45
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	9th (h)	100 m H	13.74
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m H	13.22
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	5th	100 m H	13.14
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	5th	100 m H	13.47
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m H	12.99
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	30th (h)	100 m H	13.09

Personal bests

Outdoors

• 100m – 12.25 (+0.4 m/s) (Hamburg 2002)
• 110m hurdles – 12.86 (+0.2 m/s) (São Paulo 2004)

Indoors

• 60m hurdles – 8.08 (Moscow 2006)

External links

• IAAF profile