Lucimara da Silva

Lucimara da Silva
Personal information
Full nameLucimara Silvestre da Silva
Nationality Brazil
Born (1985-07-10) 10 July 1985 (age 39)
Lucélia, São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Heptathlon
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Heptathlon
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 São Paulo Heptathlon
Bronze medal – third place 2007 São Paulo 100 m hurdles
Updated on 14 May 2013

Lucimara Silvestre da Silva (born 10 July 1985 in Lucélia, São Paulo)[1] is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the heptathlon. She represented her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and competed at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007. Her personal best of 6076 points is the South American record for the event.

Following her first national title in 2005, da Silva emerged in 2007; she won the South American Championships with a meet record score and took the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games. She repeated as the continental champion in 2009, but was stripped of the title and banned for two years after she failed a drug test for the banned substance Erythropoietin (EPO).

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lucimara Silva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2011-06-05.