Vanda Gomes

Last updated
Vanda Gomes
Personal information
Born (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 36)
Matelândia, Paraná, Brazil
Sport
Sport Track and field
Medal record
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara 4x100m relay
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Medellin 4x100m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2010 Medellin200m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Buenos Aires 200m
World Youth Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Beijing Medley relay
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Beijing 200m

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

Contents

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

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2005 World Youth Championships Beijing, China5th200 m23.73
3rdMedley relay2:06.60
Pan American Junior Championships Windsor, Canada 12th (h)200 m24.42 (w)
3rd4x100 m relay45.75
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China2nd200 m 23.59 (wind: -0.9 m/s)
4th4x100 m relay 44.45
South American Championships Tunja, Colombia3rd200 m 23.76
1st4x100 m relay 44.72
South American U23 Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina3rd200 m 23.80 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
2008 Ibero-American Championships Iquique, Chile4th200 m 23.99
South American U23 Championships Lima, Peru2nd200 m 24.88
1st4x100 m relay 45.76
2009 Lusophony Games Lisbon, Portugal3rd200 m 23.91 (w)
World Championships Berlin, Germany5th4x100 m relay 43.13
2010 South American Games
(South American U23 Championships)
Medellín, Colombia2nd200 m 23.82
1st4x100 m relay 44.47
Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 1st4x100 m relay 43.97
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina2nd4x100 m relay 44.56
World Championships Daegu, South Korea28th (h)200 m 23.70
7th4x100 m relay 43.10
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico11th (h)200 m 23.89
1st4x100 m relay 42.85
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia7th4x100 m relay DNF

See also

References

  1. Vanda Gomes at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Após atrito com CBAt, Vanda Gomes é pega no doping - Esportes - Estadão:. Estadão (2014-12-09). Retrieved on 2015-06-30.
  3. "Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 09.07.15". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2015.