Franciela das Graças Krasucki (born 26 April 1988 in

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) is a Brazilian sprinter.

Career

She competed for the Brazilian team in the

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at the 2012 Summer Olympics; the team set a South American record with a time of 42.55 in Round 1, then placed seventh in the final with a time of 42.91. At the 2013 World Championships in

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, the team composed by

Ana Cláudia Lemos Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva (; born 6 November 1988) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events. She is the former South American record holder in the 100 metres (11.05 seconds) and the current (2017) record hold ...

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, Franciela Krasucki and

Rosângela Santos Rosângela Cristina Oliveira Santos (born December 20, 1990) is an American-born Brazilian track and field sprint athlete. Career Santos represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together ...

broke the South American record in the semifinals of the women's 4x100m metres relay, with a time of 42.29 seconds. But, without official explanation, the CBAT (Brazilian Athletics Confederation) held an athlete change to the final, putting Vanda Gomes instead of

, to close the race. In the final, Brazil came second, almost tied with Jamaica and with great possibility to win the silver medal, and knock the South American record when, at the last exchange between Krasucki and Vanda, the baton fell eliminating the Brazilian team. In February 2014, in São Caetano do Sul, she twice broke the South American record in the

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, with a time of 7.23 seconds in the semifinals, and 7.19 in the final. The previous South American record holder was Esmeralda Garcia Freitas, established on March 13, 1981, in Pocatello, United States, with a time of 7.26.Franciela Krasucki breaks a 32-year South American record of 60 m
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Personal life

On January 21, 2012, she married 800 metres runner

Kléberson Davide Kléberson Davide (born 20 July 1985) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. Born in Conchal, São Paulo, Davide won his first major youth title in the 800 m at the 2002 South American Youth Championships ...

Personal bests

*100 m: 11.13 (wind: -0.7 m/s) –

, 6 June 2013 *200 m: 22.76 (wind: -0.1 m/s) –

, 9 June 2013

International competitions

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