Inaldo Justino de Sena (born 18 June 1971) is a Brazilian former male track and field

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er who specialised in the

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. He represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics in 1995 and took a bronze medal at the

1994 IAAF World Cup The 7th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 9–11, 1994, at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, Engl ...

. He won two gold and four silver medals at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics during his career. Regionally, he was a three-time South American junior champion and went on to win two individual silver medals at the senior South American Championships in Athletics. He was a three-time Brazilian sprint champion. His personal best of 45.02 seconds was set in 1994.

Career

Sena had a highly successful junior career, starting with a 400 m gold at the 1986 South American Youth Championships in Athletics. He was the silver medallist at the 1987 South American Junior Championships in Athletics then won three straight 400 m gold medals at the competition from

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. He was also a double silver medallist at the

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in 1989, taking individual and relay medals. Sena won his first senior medals at the age of nineteen at the

1990 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 1990 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''IV Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was the fourth edition of the international athletics (sport), athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the V ...

. On home soil in

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, he won the 400 m final in 46.54 seconds before teaming up with

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to win the

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. It was the first time Brazil had won either of those titles at the competition.Ibero-American Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-05. He subsequently rose to become one of Brazil's best sprinters of the era, taking three national titles in the 400 m at the Brazilian Athletics Championships from 1992 to 1995. He ran at the

1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include relay races as well as women's triple j ...

, making it to the semi-finals. An attempted defence of his titles at the 1992 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics resulted in silver medals: he was beaten in the individual event by compatriot Sidnei Telles de Souza and by a strong Cuban team in the relay. Further silver medals in the 400 m came at the South American Championships in Athletics, in both 1993 (behind Wilson Cañizales) and 1995 (behind Sanderlei Parrela). He won the first and only global medal of his career in this period, taking bronze for the Americas team at the

, and also coming fifth in the relay. He recorded his lifetime best run of 45.02 seconds that same year in Madrid. He made his major championship debut at the

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but was eliminated in the quarter-finals.Inaldo Justino Sena
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-05. Despite his increasing success, his international career came to an end at the age of twenty-four. His last medals came at the 1996 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics, where he repeated as double silver medallist for Brazil. His teammate Sanderlei Parrela was the 400 m winner. After retiring from active competition, he went into coaching. He received a four-year ban from the

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in 2010 due to his involvement in doping his athletes. Jayme Netto e Inaldo Sena, técnicos do atletismo envolvidos com doping, são suspensos por quatro anos
R7 Esportes (2010-03-12). Retrieved on 2016-04-05.

International competitions

National titles

* Brazilian Athletics Championships **400 metres: 1992, 1994, 1995Brazilian Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-05.

References

External links

*
All-Athletics profile
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