Sueli Pereira dos Santos (born January 8, 1965) is a retired female javelin thrower from Brazil. At the age of 35, she set her personal best (61.98 metres) on May 6, 2000, in Bogotá. That mark was a Masters W35 World Record that lasted about a month until it was surpassed by Russian Olympian Yekaterina Ivakina, who would improve the record four more times in the next two months.
International competitions Representing 1983South American Junior ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia 1st50.42 m1985South American ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile 2nd51.52 m1986Ibero-American ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba3rd52.34 m1987Pan American GamesIndianapolis, United States4th57.02 mWorld ChampionshipsRome, Italy13th (q)55.48 m South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st56.00 m1988Ibero-American ChampionshipsMexico City, Mexico3rd56.10 m A1989South American ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia 3rd52.78 m1991South American ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil 2nd56.64 mPan American GamesHavana, Cuba7th50.66 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan28th (q)51.20 m 1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany17th (q)57.16 m 1994Ibero-American ChampionshipsMar del Plata, Argentina1st65.96 m1999South American ChampionshipsBogotá, Colombia 2nd58.16 mNew model javelinPan American GamesWinnipeg, Canada6th52.58 m2000Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd58.94 mOlympic GamesSydney, Australia23rd (q)56.27 m
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