Lucimar Teodoro (born 1 May 1981) is a Brazilian

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athlete who specialises in the

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sprint and the

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. Teodoro was born in

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and began competing in senior athletics in 2001. She attended her first Olympics at the

2004 Athens Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

as part of the

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team. However, the team did not reach the final of the event. Teodoro won both the sprint and hurdling 400 m titles at the 2005 national championships and reached the semi-finals of sprint event at the

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. She competed at the following World Championships in Osaka, this time in the 400 m hurdles, but did not progress to the finals. At the

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Teodoro represented

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in the 400 m hurdles, and the 4×400 metres relay. She set a new South American record in the 400 m hurdles with a time of 55.84 seconds in

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at the

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meet in May 2009. Following this, she finished second at the Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo to Luciana França, who challenged Teodoro's record by running a new personal best of 55.90 seconds. In July, she won the gold at the

2009 Lusophony Games The 2009 Lusophony Games was the 2nd Lusophony Games ( pt, 2.os Jogos da Lusofonia), a multi-sport event for delegations representing Portuguese-speaking National Olympic committees. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 11 to 19 July 2009. The ...

. However, she tested positive for banned substances (

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) soon after and was provisionally banned from competition and was not selected for the

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. After admitting her use of a banned substance, she was suspended from competition for the minimum of two years by the Brazilian Athletics Confederation.Brazilian hurdler banned for two years for doping

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(2009-08-12). Retrieved on 2009-08-12.

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*All information taken from IAAF profile.Teodoro, Lucimar biography

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. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Teodoro, Lucimar 1981 births Living people Brazilian female sprinters Brazilian female hurdlers 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 2008 Summer Olympics Doping cases in athletics Olympic athletes of Brazil Brazilian sportspeople in doping cases Pan American Games athletes for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) 21st-century Brazilian women 20th-century Brazilian women

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