Maíla Paula Machado (born 22 January 1981 in Limeira) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

event. She competed twice at the Olympic Games, in 2004 in Athens and in 2008 in Beijing, both times failing to progress to the second round. Her indoor 60 metres hurdles personal best of 8.08 is the current South American record.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoors *

100m The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

– 12.25 (+0.4 m/s) (Hamburg 2002) *

110m hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurd ...

– 12.86 (+0.2 m/s) (São Paulo 2004) Indoors *

60m hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds (Susanna Ka ...

– 8.08 (Moscow 2006)

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IAAF profile
1981 births Living people Brazilian female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Brazil Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Limeira Athletes from São Paulo (state) Universiade silver medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Pan American Games athletes for Brazil 21st-century Brazilian women 20th-century Brazilian women {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub