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| Full name | Josiane da Silva Tito | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1979 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Unoeste | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400 m: 53.05 s (2007) 800 m 2:01.28 (2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 11 May 2013. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Josiane da Silva Tito (born August 8, 1979, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian sprinter and middle-distance runner. [1]
She set a personal best time of 2:01.28 for the 800 metres at the 2007 Pan American Games, coincidentally in her home city. Tito also competed as part of the women's national sprint team for the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Tito competed for the second time in women's 4 × 400 m relay, along with her teammates Lucimar Teodoro, Maria Laura Almirão, and Emmily Pinheiro. She ran on the second leg of the second heat, with an individual-split time of 52.60 seconds. Tito and her team finished the relay in sixth place for a total time of 3:30.10, failing to advance into the final. [2]
Few days before the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Tito was among the five Brazilian athletes who failed the competition drug test for a banned substance recombinant EPO. She served a two-year suspension by IAAF, making her ineligible to compete for other international events, including the world and national championships. [3]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Brazil | |||||
| 1994 | South American Youth Championships | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2nd | 400 m | 57.71 s A |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:53.14 min A | |||
| 1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 6th | 800m | 2:07.52 |
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