Evelyn dos Santos

Evelyn dos Santos

Personal information
Full name	Evelyn Carolina de Oliveira dos Santos
Nationality	Brazil
Born	11 April 1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residence	Miami
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100m, 200m and 4x100 m
University team	Universidade Castelo Branco
Club	Esporte Clube Pinheiros and Exército Brasileiro
Partner	Asics and Oakley
Coached by	Amy Deem and Gustavo dos Santos
Achievements and titles
World finals	IAAF World Championship 2013 (Moscow)
Olympic finals	Beijing 2008 and London 2012
Personal best(s)	11s35, 22s82, 42s29
Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for  Brazil South American Youth Championships 2000 Bogotá 4x400 m relay 2002 Asunción 100 m 2002 Asunción 200 m 2002 Asunción 4x100 m relay 2000 Bogotá 4x100 m relay 2002 Asunción 4x400 m relay
Updated on 14 May 2013.

Evelyn Carolina de Oliveira dos Santos (born 11 April 1985 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events. She has been a member of the Brazilian Army since 2010^[1]

Career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 200 metres. She has a personal best of 11.16 in the 100 metres, and a personal best of 22.76 in the 200 metres.

At London, the Brazilian 4 × 100 m relay women team, composed of Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Evelyn dos Santos and Rosângela Santos broke the South American record in qualifying for the final, with a time of 42.55, and went to the final in sixth place.^[2] In the final, the Brazilian relay did 42.91 and finished 7th.^[3]

At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, the team composed by Ana Cláudia Lemos, Evelyn dos Santos, Franciela Krasucki and Rosângela Santos broke the South American record in the semifinals of the women's 4 × 100 m metres relay, with a time of 42.29 seconds.^[4] But, strangely and without official explanation, the CBAT (Brazilian Athletics Confederation) held a bizarre athlete change to the final, putting Vanda Gomes (who had never run the relay) instead of Rosangela Santos, to close the race. In the final, Brazil came second, almost tied with Jamaica and with great possibility to win the silver medal, and knock the South American record when, at the last bat exchange, Vanda, who had been placed "in fire" in a World Championships final and without sufficient training to receive the baton, eventually leaving the baton fall.^[5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Brazil
2000	South American Youth Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	5th	200 m	25.49 s (wind: -3.3 m/s) A
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	46.15 s A
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:12.21 min A
2002	South American Junior Championships / South American Games	Belém, Brazil	3rd	100m	11.90 (wind: +1.3 m/s)
			3rd	200m	24.23 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.30
	South American Youth Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	100 m	12.19 s (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			1st	200 m	24.18 s (wind: +3.3 m/s) w
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	47.3 s
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:14.55 min

References

1. "Evelyn dos Santos". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
2. Brazilians are in the final of the 4x100m
3. With a South American record, Brasil goes to the 4x100 m final
4. With a South American record, Brasil goes to the 4x100 m final
5. Brazil errs passage, cane falls, and the country says goodbye to the World Championships without podium

External links

• Evelyn dos Santos profile at IAAF
• Sports reference biography