| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 February 1987 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | long-distance running |
| Updated on 29 August 2015. | |
Edmilson Santana (born 7 February 1987) is a male Brazilian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, but did not finish. [1]
Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima is a Brazilian retired long-distance runner. He was born in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Paraná. While leading the marathon after 35 km at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was attacked on the course by Irish former priest Cornelius "Neil" Horan. Following the incident, de Lima fell from first to third place, eventually winning the bronze medal. He was later awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for his sportsmanship shown in that race.
José Edmílson Gomes de Moraes, known simply as Edmílson, is a Brazilian football executive and former professional footballer. He is currently a technical consultant for São Caetano.
Edmílson is a given name. It most commonly refers to José Edmílson Gomes Moraes, a retired Brazilian footballer.
The World Athletics Road Running Championships is a biennial international road running competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. It was renamed the IAAF World Road Running Championships in 2006 and reduced in distance to a 20K run, but reverted to the half marathon distance the following year and to the original competition name the year after that. The competition was renamed to its current title in 2020 after the governing body rebranded itself moving away from the long-standing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) moniker and expanded to include additional races.
Marílson Gomes dos Santos is a Brazilian long-distance runner.
The 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 October 2008.
Luíz Antônio dos Santos was a Brazilian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. Born in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, he was a World Championships bronze medalist and a 1996 Olympian. He twice won the Chicago Marathon and also won the Fukuoka Marathon.
Nilberto da Silva Melo is a Brazilian retired footballer who last played as a midfielder for F.C. Motagua.
Edmilson da Silva Melo is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward.
Atletismo Sudamericano, formerly CONSUDATLE, is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within South America. CONSUDATLE is one of six area associations of World Athletics (WA). CONSUDATLE was founded on May 24, 1918, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Therefore, the CONSUDATLE claims to be the oldest athletics area association of the world. The founding members were Argentina, Uruguay, and Andean Chile. Successively, the other countries joined: Brazil in 1922, Ecuador and Peru in 1925, Bolivia in 1930, and Colombia in 1937. Paraguay and Venezuela followed later, and Guyana, Panama, and Suriname joined within the last decades.
Futebol Clube SKA Brasil is a Brazilian football club based in Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo. The team compete in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, the fourth tier of the São Paulo state football league.
Adriana Aparecida da Silva is a Brazilian long-distance runner who competes in half marathons and marathons. She has represented her country at World Championship-level both on the roads and in cross country. She won two gold medals in the marathon at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico and 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Marily dos Santos is a Brazilian marathon runner. Aged 30 she made her Olympic debut, placing 51st in the 2008 Olympic marathon in a time of 2:38:10. She finished fifth at the 2015 Pan American Games and 78th at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. The event was the 7th edition of what is now known as the World Para Athletics Championships, held from 21 to 31 October 2015 at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar. It featured 119 men's events and 91 women's events. The Marathon events which are traditionally part of the world championships were separated from the competition and instead held on 26 April as part of the London Marathon.
Roselaine Benites is a Brazilian long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.
Michele Cristina das Chagas is a Brazilian long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.
Graciete Moreira Carneiro Santana was a Brazilian long distance runner. She placed 128th in the 2016 Olympics marathon. Santana took up running to help her overcome bulimia.
José Luis Santana Marin is a Mexican marathon runner.
 | This biographical article relating to Brazilian athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
