Sueli Pereira dos Santos (born January 8, 1965 in
Cascavel
Cascavel is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 332,333 residents, according to IBGE, a government agency. The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers by fr ...
,
Paraná) is a retired female
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 ...
er from
Brazil
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. At the age of 35, she set her personal best (61.98 metres) on May 6, 2000 in
Bogotá
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. That mark was a
Masters W35 World Record that lasted about a month until it was surpassed by Russian Olympian
Yekaterina Ivakina, who would improve the record four more times in the next two months.
International competitions
References
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sports-reference
1965 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cascavel
Brazilian female javelin throwers
Olympic athletes for Brazil
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games athletes for Brazil
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Brazil
Sportspeople from Paraná (state)
20th-century Brazilian women
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