Lorraine Martins

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Lorraine Martins
Personal information
Full nameLorraine Barbosa Martins
NationalityFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Born (2000-04-04) April 4, 2000 (age 23)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 11.26s (2022)
200m: 23.06s (2019)

Lorraine Barbosa Martins (born April 4, 2000) is a Brazilian sprinter.

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Career

Martins first International competition came at the 2017 South American U20 Championships, where she won double gold in the 100m and 200m. [1] Martins ran for Brazil at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships, finishing 4th in the 100m. She also competed at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, reaching the finals in the 100m and 200m events. Martins competed at the 2019 South American U20 Championships, where she won gold in both the 100m and 200m events.

Martins competed at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in the 200m and the 4x100m relay events but failed to make a final in both, as the relay team was disqualified after running what would have been a final qualifying place in the heats. [2] [3]

Martins, alongside her relay teammates, won gold in the 4x100m relay event at the 2019 Military World games. [4]

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [5]

Martins is missing her index and ring fingers on her left hand, making it harder to get into position in the starting blocks. [6]

Personal bests

Her best marks are: [7]

International Competitions

DQ = disqualified

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2017South American U20 Championships Leonora, Guyana 1st100m
1st200m
IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi, Kenya 4th100m
4th200m
2018IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 6th100m
7th200m
2019South American U20 Championships Cali, Colombia 1st100m11.42
1st200m23.53
2nd4x100m relay
1st4x400m relay
2019 World Athletics Championships Doha, Qatar 38th200m23.56
DQ4x100m relay
2019 Military World Games Wuhan, China 5th (SF)200m
1st4x100m relay

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