Valdenor Pereira dos Santos (born 21 December 1969) is a Brazilian former

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. Born in

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, dos Santos started running professionally at the age of 15. He featured in four editions of the

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during the 1990s but never in the

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, coming closest in 1996 when he seemed to be in the team for

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, only for a change in the qualification rules to then rule him out. An 11-time national champion in long-distance events, dos Santos completed the 5,000 & 10,000 metres double at the 1991 South American Championships. His successes in road race events include back to back wins at the

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in Tampa. He won a silver medal for Brazil in the 10,000 metres at the

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and also that year ran the

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race in 13:30 to set a South American record in the 5 km which still stands. He is a former South American record holder for the 15 km.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Valdenor dos 1969 births Living people Brazilian male long-distance runners Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Brazil Sportspeople from Piauí 20th-century Brazilian people 21st-century Brazilian people