Adriana Aparecida da Silva (born 22 July 1981) is a Brazilian

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who competes in

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s and

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s. 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

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and

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, Canada. She is a member of

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Career

Adriana da Silva was born in

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, and started her career as a

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. She represented Brazil in the junior races at the

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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.da Silva Adriana Aparecida

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. Retrieved on 3 November 2011. After a break in her

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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

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and won on her first attempt, recording a time of 2:41:30 hours.Adriana da Silva
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 3 November 2011. She was selected for the Brazilian squad at the

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as a result and improved her best to 2:40:54 hours to finish 43rd in the Berlin race. 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

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, where she was 25th in the rankings. The 2010 Berlin Marathon in September saw her significantly improve her best with a finishing time of 2:32:30 hours for seventh place. In 2011, she ran at the

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and was sixth with a time of 2:33:48 hours. Later that year, she won the South American title in the half marathon. The

saw her ascend to the peak of the regional scene as she won the marathon

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in a Games record time of 2:36:37 hours, in spite of

's high altitude. She set a personal best of 2:29:17 hours at the 2012

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, finishing ninth overall. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 47th in a time of 2:33:15. In 2015, she was the gold medalist in the marathon at the

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, Canada after the

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vian athletic

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lost her gold medal. She also broke the Games record with a time of 2:35:40 hours.

Personal bests

*5000 m: 16:12.88 –

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, 8 June 2013 *10,000 m: 33:21.59 –

, 6 June 2013 *Half marathon: 1:13:16 –

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, 11 September 2011 *Marathon: 2:29:17 –

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, 26 February 2012

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Silva, Adriana da 1981 births Living people Brazilian female long-distance runners Brazilian female marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletes from São Paulo (state) Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian women 20th-century Brazilian women People from Cruzeiro, São Paulo