Maurren Higa Maggi (born June 25, 1976, in São Carlos) is a former

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete and Olympic gold medallist. She is the South American record holder 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 hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

and

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metres respectively. She also has a best of 14.53 metres in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

– a former South American record. She is the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual sport. In 2003, Maurren got in a doping scandal after clostebol was found on her sample. She claimed that an anti-scarring gel sheet that she used contained the anabolic steroid in its composition. Maurren was suspended for two years, preventing her from participating in the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

. She missed going to the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

due to a pregnancy. She finished second at the 2009 Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo to

Keila Costa Keila da Silva Costa (born 6 February 1983) is a Brazilian long jumper and triple jumper. She has competed in three Olympic Games, 2004, 2008 and 2012, and has reached the final round both there and in World Championships and World Indoor Champ ...

, losing the event for the first time since 1998.Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-08)
Murer vaults to world leading 4.82m at Brazilian nationals
IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-09. Maurren was married to racer

Antônio Pizzonia Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior (born 11 September 1980) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series. Born in Manaus, he started his car racing career in the Formula Vauxhall Junior ...

, with whom she has a daughter, Sophia.

International competitions

100 metres hurdles

*2001 Universiade - silver medal *2001 South American Championships - gold medal *

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

- silver medal *1999 South American Championships - gold medal *1997 South American Championships - silver medal

Long jump

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

- gold medal * 2011 South American Championships - gold medal * 2008 Summer Olympics - gold medal * 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - silver medal *

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic C ...

- gold medal * 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships - bronze medal *2002 Ibero-American Championships - gold medal *2002 IAAF World Cup - silver medal *2001 Universiade - gold medal *2001 South American Championships - gold medal *

- gold medal *1999 Universiade - bronze medal *1999 South American Championships - gold medal *1997 South American Championships - gold medal

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International competitions

100 metres hurdles

Long jump

See also

References

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