Jucilene Sales de Lima (born 14 September 1990) is a Brazilian athlete specialising in the

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

. She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. In addition, she has won multiple medals on regional level, including the bronze at the

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. She competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. Participating in the

2023 World Athletics Championships The 2023 World Athletics Championships ( hu, 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are scheduled to be held from 19 August to 27 August 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. The city of Budapes ...

, held in Budapest, she became the first Brazilian in history to reach the final of the javelin throw event. In the final (where 12 competitors participated), after performing 3 launches, she was in 6th place, with a mark of 60.34 meters, ranking among the 8 that would continue competing and would make 3 more launches. She didn't improve her mark in the 3 final launches, finishing in 8th place, the best position in the history of Brazil in this event in World Championships.Jucilene Sales de Lima é finalista do lançamento de dardo no Mundial de Atletismo
/ref> Her personal best in the event is 62.89 metres set in São Paulo in 2014. This is the current national record.

Competition record

References

1990 births Living people Brazilian female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Brazil 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen South American Games competitors for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 South American Games Military World Games silver medalists for Brazil Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub