Sanderlei Claro Parrela (born October 7, 1974 in Santos) is a former

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ian sprinter.

Career

With a personal best of 44.29 seconds he is the South American record holder at

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. He won a silver medal in this event at the 1999 World Championships. He finished fourth in the 400 metres race at the

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. Parrela brought his career to a close at the 2009 Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo in

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. Finishing eighth in the 400 m with a season's best of 47.69, he ended a track career which had seen him break the South American record six times.Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-08)
Murer vaults to world leading 4.82m at Brazilian nationals

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Achievements

Further achievements

(400 metres unless noted) *2005 South American Championships - silver medal *2001 South American Championships - gold medal *2000 Ibero-American Championships - gold medal *

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

- fourth place *

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 (4x400 metres relay) * 1999 World Championships - silver medal *1997 South American Championships - gold medal (4x400 metres relay) *1997 South American Championships - gold medal *1996 Ibero-American Championships - gold medal *1995 South American Championships - gold medal (4x400 metres relay) *1995 South American Championships - gold medal

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Sports reference biography
1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Santos, São Paulo Brazilian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Brazil World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian people 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub