SANTOS Rosangela

Brazil

Athletics

Date of Birth: 20 Dec 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of birth: WASHINGTON, DC

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : BRAZIL

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 100m
	Women's 4 x 100m Relay BRA Brazil

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100m	4 x 100m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	SF (11.23)	Round 1 (DQ)
2012	London, GBR	SF (11.17)	7th (42.91)
2008	Beijing, CHN	-	3rd (43.14)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m	4 x 100m
2019	Doha, QAT	Heats (11.32)	-	Heats (DQ)
2017	London, GBR	7th (11.06)	SF (DQ)	7th (42.63)
2015	Beijing, CHN	SF (11.07)	SF (22.87)	Heats (43.15)
2013	Moscow, RUS	-	-	7th
2011	Daegu, KOR	SF (11.61)	-	8th (43.10)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 100m
2021	Chorzow, POL	Heats (DQ)
2017	Nassau, BAH	7th (DNF)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	4 x 100m
2019	Lima, PER	1st (43.04)

South American Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m	4 x 100m
2017	Luque, PAR	8th (DQ)	8th (DNS)	1st (43.12)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	100m
2019	1 x 16th
2017	1 x 8th, 1 x 17th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
8	2017	100m	London, GBR	11.22
16	2019	100m	London, GBR	11.43
17	2017	100m	Birmingham, GBR	11.92

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2018	100m	World Challenge	Braganca Paulista, BRA	11.23
3	2017	200m	World Challenge	Sao Bernardo do Campo, BRA	23.48
13	2018	200m	World Challenge	Madrid, ESP	24.14

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	60m
2018	Birmingham, GBR	Heats (7.32)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese

Club name:

Esporte Clube Pinheiros [Sao Paulo, BRA]

Coach:

Renan Valdiero [personal]

Sporting relatives:

Her grandfather Orozimbo de Oliveira founded 'Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel', which is one of the biggest samba schools for the Rio de Janeiro carnival in Brazil. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 01 Jan 2020)

Injuries:

She was affected by chronic back pain in 2018, which was caused by her work as a driver for a ride sharing app. (globoesporte.globo.com, 16 Dec 2019)

She fractured her foot in March 2018. (globoesporte.globo.com, 03 Jun 2019)

In September 2014 she underwent surgery to treat plantar fasciitis [foot] and was out of competition for the rest of the year. (globoesporte.globo.com, 04 Sep 2014)

Start:

She took up the sport at age nine in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 01 Jan 2020)

Reason:

"As I had a very strong temperament, my aunt got me involved in sport. I chose basketball initially but then moved on to athletics." (cob.org.br, 01 Jul 2016)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (globoesporte.globo.com, 03 Jun 2019)

Hero:

Brazilian sprinter Evelyn dos Santos. (cob.org.br, 22 Aug 2015)

Philosophy:

"Victories are taken from defeats." (cob.org.br, 22 Aug 2015)

General Interest

General
MEDAL UPGRADE
She was part of the Brazilian 4x100m relay team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing that initially finished fourth in the final. In 2017 they were upgraded to the bronze medal position after a member of the Russian team returned an adverse analytical finding. "I feel like a medallist but at the same time I don't feel like one. I have the medal, but I don't have that feeling of having read my name on the big screen. [That is why] I now want to run all around the track and to have that special feeling." (globoesporte.globo.com, 03 Jun 2019)

TIME ABROAD
She spent six years living in the United States of America between 2013 and 2019. She initially shared an apartment with fellow Brazilian athletes Evelyn dos Santos and Tamiris de Liz, and was given financial support by the Brazilian Olympic Committee [COB]. However, it became financially more difficult for her to stay there after the COB withdrew funding following the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and her flatmates decided to return to Brazil. She began working as a driver for a ride sharing app in 2017 to supplement her income but this began causing her back pain, and in 2019 she decided it would be better to prepare for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo from Brazil. "Due to the injury I did not run well in 2018. In 2019 I did not get very good results either, so I thought it was better to go back." (globoesporte.globo.com, 16 Dec 2019, 03 Jun 2019)

DRIVER
She worked as a driver for a ride sharing app wile she was living in Jacksonville, FL, United States of America, and her passengers would often be surprised that they were being taken to their destination by an Olympic athlete. "In order to earn more tips, you have to talk to the passenger. I say that I am new in the city and they always ask me why I am here. I say that I am training, that I'm a Brazilian athlete and that I won an Olympic medal! It's funny because they said, 'Can I Google your name? Wow, that's really you!' And they ask for a picture." (globoesporte.globo.com, 03 Jun 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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