Marily dos Santos

Marily dos Santos

Marily dos Santos at the 2015 Pan American Games
Personal information
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1978-02-05) 5 February 1978
Alagoas, Brazil
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 12 in)
Weight 47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Half-marathon: 1:17:10 (2003)
Marathon: 2:31:55 (2012)

Marily dos Santos (born February 5, 1978 in Alagoas) is a Brazilian marathon runner.[1] At age thirty, dos Santos made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's marathon. She finished the race in fifty-first place by nearly a minute (58 seconds) behind Turkey's Bahar Doğan, with a time of 2:38:10.[2]

She represented Brazil in the marathon at the 2015 Pan American Games, finishing fifth.[3]

In professional competition, she was the 2012 winner at the Maratona di Sant'Antonio in Italy.[4] She has won numerous road running competitions in Brazil, with highlights including the 2007 Rio de Janeiro Marathon, the 2008 Brasilia Half Marathon and two victories at the Corrida de São Sebastião.[5]

She has also competed in cross country running and was the short race bronze medallist at the 2002 South American Cross Country Championships and sixth placer and team title winner at the 2005 South American Cross Country Championships. She represented Brazil at the 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[5]

References

  1. "Marily dos Santos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  2. "Women's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. Marily dos Santos. Toronto2015. Retrieved on 2015-07-22.
  4. Franco Civai et al. (2011-04-21). Sant' Antonio Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-04-22.
  5. 1 2 Marily dos Santos. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2015-07-22.

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