Hudson Santos de Souza (born February 25, 1977) is a Brazilian middle-distance runner who competes mostly over

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

. He has broken a number of

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in middle-distance events. He has won twice at the

South American Cross Country Championships The South American Cross Country Championships is an annual continental cross country running competition for athletes from South America or, more specifically, member countries of CONSUDATLE. It was first held in 1986, making it the oldest of t ...

, with gold medals in the short race in 2002 and 2006. He also won the junior bronze medal in 1996.Continental Cross Country Championships and Cups
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.

Competition record

Personal bests

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

- 1:45.69 (2000) *

- 3:33.25 (2005) - South American record *One mile - 3:51.05 (2005) - South American record *2000 metres - 5:03.34 (2002) - South American record *3000 metres - 7:39.70 (2002) - South American record *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

- 13:42.56 (2006) *3000 metres steeplechase - 8:30.70 (2006)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Souza, Hudson De 1977 births Living people Brazilian male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic athletes of Brazil Pan American Games athletes for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Brazilian male steeplechase runners Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Federal District (Brazil) 20th-century Brazilian people 21st-century Brazilian people