Maurren Maggi

Maurren Maggi
Personal information
Full nameMaurren Higa Maggi
Born (1976-06-25) 25 June 1976
São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportWomen's athletics
Event
Long jump
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingLong jump
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2008 ValenciaLong jump
Bronze medal – third place2003 BirminghamLong jump
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1999 WinnipegLong jump
Gold medal – first place2007 Rio de JaneiroLong jump
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraLong jump
Silver medal – second place1999 Winnipeg100 m hurdles
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2001 BeijingLong jump
Silver medal – second place2001 Beijing100 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place2001 Beijing4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place1999 MallorcaLong jump

Maurren Higa Maggi (born 25 June 1976) is a Brazilian retired track and field athlete and Olympic gold medallist om the long jump.[1] She is the South American record holder in the 100 metres hurdles and long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metres respectively. She also has a best of 14.53 metres in the triple jump – a former South American record. She is the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual sport.

Maurren served a two-year ban from 2003 to 2004 for an unintentional anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for clostebol.[2] Although Brazil's Superior Sports Tribunal had cleared her of the violation, the IAAF appealed the decision, and Maurren was issued with the sanction.[3]

Maggi won the gold medal in the women's long jump at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a distance of 7.04m, becoming the first Brazilian woman to achieve an Olympic gold in an individual sport.[4]

She finished second at the 2009 Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo to Keila Costa, losing the event for the first time since 1998.[5]

Maurren was married to racer Antônio Pizzonia, with whom she has a daughter, Sophia.

International competitions

100 metres hurdles

  • 2001 Universiade - silver medal
  • 2001 South American Championships - gold medal
  • 1999 Pan American Games - silver medal
  • 1999 South American Championships - gold medal
  • 1997 South American Championships - silver medal

Long jump

See also

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maurren Maggi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ Laguna, Marcelo (22 August 2020). "A incrível volta por cima de Maurren Maggi em Pequim-2008". Olimpíada Todo Dia (in Portuguese).
  3. ↑ "Maggi wins Olympic long jump gold". BBC Sport. 22 August 2008.
  4. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (18 May 2009).Vili sets 20.69m Oceania Shot Put record in Rio Archived 19 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 18 May 2009.
  5. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (8 June 2009). Murer vaults to world leading 4.82m at Brazilian nationals. IAAF. Retrieved on 9 June 2009.
Wikimedia Commons logo
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maurren Maggi.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.