Izabela da Silva

Izabela da Silva
Personal information
Full nameIzabela Rodrigues da Silva
Born (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 29)
Adamantina, Brazil
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDiscus throw
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Discus throw

Izabela Rodrigues da Silva (born 2 August 1995) is a Brazilian athlete specialising in the discus throw. She won a gold medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

Her personal best in the event was 63.04 metres set in Montreuil, France, in 2022.

In April 2024, at the Shanghai stage of the Diamond League, she reached the mark of 64.66 meters in the discus throw, qualifying to participate in the Paris Olympic Games and reaching the best personal mark in her career.[2]

On 28 June 2024, she improved her personal best by throwing 65.25m at the Brazil Trophy.[3]

  1. ^ "Athletics: da SILVA Izabela". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ Izabela Silva alcança índice olímpico no lançamento de disco
  3. ^ Trio do Oeste Paulista é campeão no Troféu Brasil de Atletismo