SANTOS Melanie

World Triathlon Series - Overview

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2020	Individual Ranking	42nd	1 x 42nd
2019	Individual Ranking	44th	1 x 14th, 1 x 23rd
2018	Individual Ranking	21st	1 x 5th, 1 x 6th, 1 x 21st
2017	Individual Ranking	61st	1 x 12th, 1 x 21st, 1 x 37th
2016	Individual Ranking	39th	1 x 11th, 1 x 16th, 1 x 24th
2015	Individual Ranking	93rd	1 x 19th, 1 x 29th, 1 x 44th
2014	Individual Ranking	127th	1 x 39th

World Triathlon Series - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
5	2018	Sprint	World Triathlon Series	Abu Dhabi, UAE	1:01:24
6	2018	Individual	World Triathlon Championship Finals	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1:53:26
11	2016	Individual	World Triathlon Series	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1:59:13
12	2017	Sprint	World Triathlon Series	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:03:15
14	2019	Individual	World Triathlon Series	Hamilton, BER	2:04:08
16	2016	Sprint	World Triathlon Series	Edmonton, AB, CAN	58:05
19	2015	Sprint	World Triathlon Series	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:00:49
21	2018	Individual	World Triathlon Series	Yokohama, JPN	1:58:06
21	2017	Individual	World Triathlon Series	Leeds, GBR	2:08:23
23	2019	Sprint	World Triathlon Series	Abu Dhabi, UAE	57:59

World Championships Mixed Relay

Year	Location	Relay X
2020	Hamburg, GER	LAP

European Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Sprint	Relay X
2019	Weert, NED	DNF	-	5
2018	Glasgow, GBR	10	-	7
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	-	15	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Individual	Sprint
2021	1 x 16th	-
2020	-	1 x 8th
2019	1 x 20th	1 x 14th, 1 x 19th, 1 x 30th
2018	-	1 x 2nd, 1 x 8th, 1 x 10th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2018	Sprint	World Cup	Tiszaujvaros, HUN	59:18
8	2020	Sprint	World Cup	Valencia, ESP	57:10
8	2018	Sprint	World Cup	Cape Town, RSA	59:59
10	2018	Sprint	World Cup	Huatulco, MEX	1:02:31
14	2019	Sprint	World Cup	Cape Town, RSA	58:49
16	2021	Individual	World Cup	Lisbon, POR	2:02:01
19	2019	Sprint	World Cup	Madrid, ESP	1:03:52
20	2019	Individual	World Cup	Miyazaki, JPN	2:03:53
30	2019	Sprint	World Cup	Tongyeong, KOR	59:07
39	2019	Sprint	World Cup	Banyoles, ESP	58:19

World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
9	2018	Relay	World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:22:31
11	2019	Relay	World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series	Abu Dhabi, UAE	1:25:52

Legend
X - Mixed, IP - In Progress, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Mel (Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)

Athlete

Advertising, Marketing - School of Communications and Media Studies [ESCS], Lisbon, POR

Partner Joao Pereira

English, Portuguese

SL Benfica [Lisbon, POR]

Her partner Joao Pereira has represented Portugal at triathlon and competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He also won gold medals in sprint distance and Olympic distance at the 2017 European Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany. (SportsDeskOnline, 05 Jul 2021; ojogo.pt, 17 Jun 2021)

During her sporting career she sustained a stress fracture that took three months to recover from. (Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)

She began practising triathlon at age 15. (lidl.pt, 01 Jul 2018)

"My parents signed me up for swimming classes when I was a little girl and, after that, I have never stopped doing sport. At some point, my friend's dad invited me to try triathlon, and I ended up doing it." (omirante.pt, 23 Dec 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 17 Jun 2021)

Finishing in second place at the 2017 U23 World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)

"Be patient, be kind and enjoy the process." (Instagram profile, 17 Jun 2021)