Simone Alves da Silva (born 12 September 1984) is a Brazilian

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. She won the 2011 South American title over

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and broke South American records for the 5000 m and 10,000 m events in 2011, but was banned from competition for a doping offence that year. Born in

Morro do Chapéu Morro do Chapéu is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Bahia, 386 km northwest of its capital, Salvador, 1012 meters above the sea level, because of which it is one of the coolest towns in Bahia, with temperatures occasionally falling ...

, she had a rapid ascent in distance running beginning at the age of 24 after joining the

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athletics club and working with coach

Adauto Domingues Adauto Donizete Domingues (born 20 May 1961 in São Caetano do Sul) is a retired middle-distance runner from Brazil, who twice won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Pan American Games: in 1987 and 1991. He represented his ...

. She won the Guaratingueta 10K and set a half marathon best of 77:47 minutes at the

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in 2009. She began 2010 with another half marathon best run of 75:43 minutes in São Paulo, coming second in the race, then a

personal best of 33:25.6 minutes to win the State championships.Simone Da Silva
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-03-31. She was chosen to compete at the

2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''XIV Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadio Municipal Bahía Sur in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain from 4–6 June. A total ...

and she won the

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silver medal in a personal best of 15:49.79 minutes before running a

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best of 9:09.41 minutes for fourth in that contest. She failed a doping test at a 10-mile race in Brazil, being positive for the banned stimulant

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, and was suspended from December 2010 to February 2011. She was retrospectively banned, but competed at the

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in the meantime, taking second place behind

Alice Timbilil Alice Jemeli Timbilil (born 1 February 1983 in Moiben, Uasin Gishu District) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She is a two-time Olympian, having competed over 10,000 metres at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. She initia ...

. Upon her return da Silva won the women's title at the 2011

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, leading Brazil to the team title. That May she broke the South American record for the 5000 m with a run of 15:18.85 minutes at a small meet in São Paulo. At the

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in Buenos Aires she came sixth in the

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then made a career breakthrough by winning the 10,000 m with a time of 31:59.11 minutes – the second fastest by a South American and a

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. At the

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later that year she won a 5000/10,000 m national title double. Her 10,000 metres time of 31:16.56 minutes was a new South American record and over half a minute faster than

Carmem de Oliveira Carmem Sousa de Oliveira Furtado (born 17 August 1965) is a retired Brazilian long-distance runner. She finished eleventh in the 10,000 metres at the 1993 World Championships in a new South American record time of 31:47.76 minutes. She also hold ...

's previous mark set in 1993. However, her doping sample at that competition came back positive for

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(EPO), a banned blood boosting substance. She was provisionally suspended from October 2011 onwards and Clube de Atletismo BM&F Bovespa cut ties with her. A Brazilian Disciplinary Committee acquitted her of the doping offence in January 2012, but the

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lodged an appeal to instate a ban on da Silva. She remains banned from competition.IAAF Sanctioned Athletes - 27 March 2012
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.

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