Vanda Gomes

Vanda Ferreira Gomes (born 7 November 1988 in Matelândia, Paraná) is a Brazilian athlete who specialises in the sprinting events.^[1] She won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2006 World Junior Championships. She has personal bests of 11.64 in the 100 metres (2012) and 23.06 in the 200 metres (2008).

She was banned from competition for two years due to a failed out-of-competition doping test on 25 September 2014.^[2] The ban ends 24 September 2016.^[3]

Competition record[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Brazil
2005	World Youth Championships	Beijing, China	5th	200 m	23.73
			3rd	Medley relay	2:06.60
	Pan American Junior Championships	Windsor, Canada	12th (h)	200 m	24.42 (w)
			3rd	4x100 m relay	45.75
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	2nd	200 m	23.59 (wind: -0.9 m/s)
			4th	4x100 m relay	44.45
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	3rd	200 m	23.76
			1st	4x100 m relay	44.72
	South American U23 Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	200 m	23.80 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	4th	200 m	23.99
	South American U23 Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	200 m	24.88
			1st	4x100 m relay	45.76
2009	Lusophony Games	Lisbon, Portugal	3rd	200 m	23.91 (w)
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	4x100 m relay	43.13
2010	South American Games (South American U23 Championships)	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	200 m	23.82
			1st	4x100 m relay	44.47
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	1st	4x100 m relay	43.97
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2nd	4x100 m relay	44.56
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	28th (h)	200 m	23.70
			7th	4x100 m relay	43.10
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	11th (h)	200 m	23.89
			1st	4x100 m relay	42.85
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	7th	4x100 m relay	DNF

See also[]

• List of doping cases in athletics

References[]

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