Sanderlei Parrela | |
Fullname: | Sanderlei Claro Parrela |
Birth Date: | 7 October 1974 |
Birth Place: | Santos, São Paulo |
Height: | 1.94m (06.36feet) |
Weight: | 77kg (170lb) |
Sport: | Athletics |
Retired: | June 8, 2009 (age) |
Updated: | 9 May 2013 |
Sanderlei Claro Parrela (born October 7, 1974 in Santos) is a former Brazilian sprinter.
With a personal best of 44.29 seconds he is the South American record holder at 400 metres. He won a silver medal in this event at the 1999 World Championships. He finished fourth in the 400 metres race at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Parrela brought his career to a close at the 2009 Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo in Rio de Janeiro. Finishing eighth in the 400 m with a season's best of 47.69, he ended a track career which had seen him break the South American record six times.[1]
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1990 | South American Youth Championships | Lima, Peru | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 400 m | 50.3 |
bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:24.0 | |||
1991 | South American Junior Championships | Asunción, Paraguay | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 48.6 |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.1 | |||
1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 35th (h) | 400 m | 49.64 | |
13th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:16.35 | ||||
1993 | South American Junior Championships | Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 47.86 |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:17.18 | |||
1995 | South American Championships | Manaus, Brazil | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 45.74 |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.93 | |||
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 35th (h) | 400 m | 46.59 | ||
1996 | Ibero-American Championships | Medellín, Colombia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 45.57 |
bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.28 | |||
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 23rd (qf) | 400 m | 45.72 | ||
11th (sf) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.46 | ||||
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 8th (sf) | 400 m | 46.33 | |
South American Championships | Cali, Colombia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 46.17 | |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.20 | |||
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 2nd (h) | 400 m | 45.351 | ||
1999 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 5th (sf) | 400 m | 46.39 | |
Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 4th | 400 m | 44.93 | ||
bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:58.56 | |||
World Championships | Seville, Spain | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 400 m | 44.29 | |
18th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.70 | ||||
2000 | Ibero-American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 44.80 |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.33 | |||
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 4th | 400 m | 45.01 | ||
2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 16th (h) | 400 m | 47.53 | |
South American Championships | Manaus, Brazil | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 45.11 | |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.09 | ||
Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 6th | 400 m | 45.96 | ||
2004 | Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 7th | 400 m | 46.82 | |
2005 | South American Championships | Cali, Colombia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 400 m | 45.83 |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.15 | |||
2006 | Ibero-American Championships | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.18 | |
South American Championships | Tunja, Colombia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 46.19 | |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.05 | |||
2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 17th (h) | 400 m | 46.85 | |
6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.87 |