Alessandra Resende
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Full name | Alessandra Nobre Resende | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | São Paulo, Brazil | 5 March 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Javelin throw: 59.58 m (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alessandra Nobre Resende (born March 5, 1975) is a Brazilian javelin thrower.[1] She is a two-time Ibero-American and a four-time South American champion for her category. Resende, however, narrowly missed out of the medal podium, when she placed fifth in the final at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, with a best throw of 57.95 metres.[2]
At age thirty-three, Resende made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's javelin throw. She threw the javelin into the field at 56.53 metres, finishing twenty-seventh overall in the qualifying rounds.[3]
Competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1994 | South American Junior Championships | Santa Fe, Argentina | 1st | Javelin throw | 52.52 m[4] |
1996 | Ibero-American Championships | Medellín, Colombia | 8th | Javelin throw | 47.08 m[5] |
1998 | Ibero-American Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 5th | Javelin throw | 45.99 m[6] |
1999 | South American Championships | Bogotá, Colombia | 4th | Javelin throw | 54.34 m |
2000 | Ibero-American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5th | Javelin throw | 51.22 m |
2001 | South American Championships | Manaus, Brazil | 2nd | Javelin throw | 50.83 m |
2002 | Ibero-American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 5th | Javelin throw | 51.86 m |
2003 | South American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 2nd | Javelin throw | 57.01 m |
2004 | Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 4th | Javelin throw | 55.23 m |
2005 | South American Championships | Cali, Colombia | 1st | Javelin throw | 56.06 m |
2006 | Ibero-American Championships | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 1st | Javelin throw | 55.12 m |
South American Championships | Tunja, Colombia | 1st | Javelin throw | 58.11 m | |
2007 | South American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 1st | Javelin throw | 57.75 m |
Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5th | Javelin throw | 57.95 m | |
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 22nd (q) | Javelin throw | 56.42 m | |
2008 | Ibero-American Championships | Iquique, Chile | 1st | Javelin throw | 56.59 m |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 27th (q) | Javelin throw | 56.53 m | |
2009 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | Javelin throw | 56.36 m |
2011 | South American Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 3rd | Javelin throw | 54.61 m |
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alessandra Resende". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (28 July 2007). "Cuba's five gold medal party – Pan Am Games, Day 5". IAAF. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Women's Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ Old model javelin
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External links[]
- Alessandra Resende at World Athletics
- Profile – UOL Esporte (in Portuguese)
- NBC Olympics Profile
Categories:
- Brazilian female javelin throwers
- Living people
- Olympic athletes of Brazil
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes from São Paulo
- 1975 births
- Pan American Games athletes for Brazil
- Brazilian athletics biography stubs