Tamara de Sousa
Tamara de Sousa | ||||||||||||||||
Full name | Tamara Alexandrino de Sousa | |||||||||||||||
nation | Brazil | |||||||||||||||
birthday | 8th September 1993 (age 26) | |||||||||||||||
place of birth | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | |||||||||||||||
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discipline | Heptathlon | |||||||||||||||
Best performance | 6040 points | |||||||||||||||
status | active | |||||||||||||||
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last change: January 28, 2018 |
Tamara Alexandrino de Sousa (born September 8, 1993 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian heptathlete .
Athletic career
Her first international championships were the 2009 youth world championships in Brixen , where she finished 15th with 4522 points. A year later she won the gold medal at the South American Youth Championships in Santiago de Chile . In 2011 she won the gold medal at the Pan American Junior Championships in Miramar and the Junior South American Championships in Medellín . In 2012 she won the bronze medal at the Ibero-American Championships in Barquisimeto , as well as at the Junior World Championships in Barcelona . She then won the silver medal at the U23 South American Championships in São Paulo .
In 2013 she won the gold medal at the South American Championships in Cartagena . A year later she was fifth at the South American Games in Santiago and won the bronze medal in the high jump at the Ibero-American Championships in São Paulo with 1.75 m. In 2015, she finished tenth at the Pan American Games in Toronto . In 2016 she took part in the Ibero-American Championships in Rio de Janeiro , where she was seventh with 4102 points. In 2017 she won the gold medal again at the South American Championships in Luque and thus received a bye for the World Championships in London . There she finished 24th with 5631 points .
In 2013, 2014 and 2017 she became the Brazilian heptathlon champion.
Personal best
- High jump: 1.85 m, June 14, 2014 in São Paulo
- Heptathlon: 6040 points, June 11, 2017 in São Bernardo do Campo
discipline | Result | Points |
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100 m hurdles | 13.88 s | 995 |
high jump | 1.77 m | 941 |
Shot put | 14.56 m | 831 |
200 m | 24.48 s | 935 |
Long jump | 5.99 m | 846 |
Javelin throw | 44.20 m | 748 |
800 m | 2: 26.01 min | 744 |
Web links
- Tamara de Sousa in the database of World Athletics (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sousa, Tamara de |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sousa, Tamara Alexandrino de (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian heptathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro |