Maurren Maggi
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Maurren Maggi
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 Maurren Maggi |
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| Women’s Athletics | ||
Competitor for  Brazil |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2008 Beijing | Long jump |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
| Silver | 2008 Valencia | Long jump |
| Bronze | 2003 Birmingham | Long jump |
| Pan American Games | ||
| Gold | 2011 Guadalajara | Long jump |
| Gold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Long jump |
| Gold | 1999 Winnipeg | Long jump |
| Silver | 1999 Winnipeg | 100 m hurdles |
| Universiade | ||
| Gold | 2001 Beijing | Long jump |
| Silver | 2001 Beijing | 100 m hurdles |
| Bronze | 1999 Mallorca | Long jump |
Maurren Higa Maggi (born June 25, 1976 in São Carlos) is a Brazilian athlete and Olympic gold medallist. She is the South American record holder at 100 metres hurdles and at long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metres respectively. She also has 14.53 metres in the triple jump, former South American record. She is the first, and so far only, Brazilian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual sport.[1]
In 2003, Maurren got in a doping scandal after clostebol was found on her sample. She claimed that an anti-scarring gel sheet that she used contained the anabolic steroid in its composition. Maurren was suspended for two years, leaving her out of the 2003 Pan American Games. She missed going to the Olympic Games due to a pregnancy.
She finished second at the 2009 Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo to Keila Costa, losing the event for the first time since 1998.[2]
Maurren was married to racer Antônio Pizzonia, with whom she has a daughter, Sophia.
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Achievements
100 metres hurdles
- 2001 Universiade - silver medal
- 2001 South American Championships - gold medal
- 1999 Pan American Games - silver medal
- 1999 South American Championships - gold medal
- 1997 South American Championships - silver medal
Long jump
- 2011 Pan American Games - gold medal
- 2011 South American Championships - gold medal
- 2008 Summer Olympics - gold medal
- 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - silver medal
- 2007 Pan American Games - gold medal
- 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships - bronze medal
- 2002 Ibero-American Championships - gold medal
- 2002 IAAF World Cup - silver medal
- 2001 Universiade - gold medal
- 2001 South American Championships - gold medal
- 1999 Pan American Games - gold medal
- 1999 Universiade - bronze medal
- 1999 South American Championships - gold medal
- 1997 South American Championships - gold medal
See also
References
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-05-18).Vili sets 20.69m Oceania Shot Put record in Rio. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-18.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-08). Murer vaults to world leading 4.82m at Brazilian nationals. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-09.
External links
- IAAF profile for Maurren Maggi
- sports-reference.com profile
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Preceded by Marion Jones |
Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 1999 |
Succeeded by Fiona May |
Preceded by Tatyana Kotova |
Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 2003 |
Succeeded by Tatyana Lebedeva |
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