Sandro Ricardo Rodrigues Viana (born March 26, 1977 in

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) is a

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sprint athlete who competes internationally for

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.Athlete biography: Sandro Viana
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008 Viana represented Brazil at the

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. He competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 6th in his heat without advancing to the second round. He ran the distance in a time of 10.60 seconds. Together with

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and

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he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they placed fourth behind

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and the

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. Their time of 39.01 was the seventh out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.24 seconds, the fourth time after the

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n, Trinidad and Japanese teams. He also took part in the

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individual, finishing fourth in his first round heat, with a time of 20.84 seconds. With 21.07 seconds in the second round he only placed seventh in his heat, which was not enough to qualify for the semi finals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again competed in the 200 metres and the men's 4 × 100 m relay. He did not reach beyond the heats in the 200 m and the Brazilian men's 4 × 100 m team missed out on the final by 0.06 of a second. Viana would retroactively be awarded the bronze medal for the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics following the demotion in 2017 of the Jamaican team for

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's failed anti-doping test.

Competition record

References

* 1977 births Living people Brazilian male sprinters Olympic athletes of Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Manaus Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Amazonas (Brazilian state) 20th-century Brazilian people 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub