Micaela de Mello

Micaela de Mello
De Mello in 2025
Personal information
Full nameMicaela Rosa de Mello
NationalityBrazilian
Born (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60m hurdles: 8.00 (Spokane, 2025)
100m hurdles: 12.85 (Fayetteville, 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Women's athletics
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal – third place2026 Medellín100 m hurdles
South American Games
Silver medal – second place2022 Asunción100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place2022 Asunción4×100 m relay
South American Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 São Paulo100m hurdles
Gold medal – first place2021 Guayaquil4×100 m relay

Micaela Rosa de Mello (born 7 March 2000) is a Brazilian hurdler. In 2025, she became the Brazilian national record holder over 60 metres hurdles, she has also won national championship titles over 100 metres hurdles.[1]

Biography

She is from São José and is a member of UCA de São José.[2] She was a gold medalist in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2021 South American Championships in Ecuador.[3] She finished fourth in the 100 metres hurdles at the event.[4]

She was a silver medalist in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2022 South American Games.[5] She was a bronze medalist in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the Games.[6] She was Brazilian national champion in 2022 in the 100 metres hurdles.[7]

She was a silver medalist in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2023 South American Championships, although the winner, Caroline Tomaz, later received a doping suspension.[8][9]

Competing for Washington State University she reached the final of the NCAA Championships in 2024.[10] She was Brazilian national champion in 2024 in the 100 metres hurdles.[11]

In Spokane in January 2025, she a ran the 60 metres hurdles in time of 8.02, setting a new Brazilian indoor record, six hundredths better than the previous mark of 8.08, achieved by Maíla Machado at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow.[12][13] In February 2025, she lowered it to 8.00, also in Spokane.[14] She finished fourth in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in a time of 8.02 seconds.[15] She qualified for the semi-finals of the 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, before suffering a fall in her semi-final.[16] That year, she transferred to the University of Oregon.[17]

De Mello opened her 2026 indoor season with a win in 8.13 in the 60 meters hurdles at The Spokane Sports Showcase.[18] In June, she qualified for the 100 metres hurdles at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[19] That month, she won the bronze medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the inaugural 2026 Pan American Championships in Medellín.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Micaela de Mello". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Micaela Mello approaches Olympic qualification and Josefenses shine at the athletics meeting". Saojose.sc.gov.br. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "South American Championships". World Athletics. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "South American Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "South American Games". World Athletics. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "South American Games". World Athletics. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Brazilian Championships". World Athletics. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "South American Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "Caroline Tomaz é suspensa provisoriamente por doping". olimpiadatododia. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "PARKER VALBY WINS FIFTH NCAA TITLE, ARKANSAS PUSHES FAB FOUR INTO 400 FINAL, CUTLINE FOR 800 FINAL IS 2:01". Runnerspace. 7 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Brazilian Championships". World Athletics. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  12. ↑ "Jhon Paredes and Micaela de Mello stand out in the 60-meter hurdles 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️✨". Atletismosudamericano.org. 19 January 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Micaela Rosa bate recorde brasileiro dos 60m com barreiras indoor". bandsports.uol. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  14. ↑ "MICAELA DE MELLO 1ST PLACE WOMEN'S 60M HURDLES - MPSF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". Runnerspace. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  15. ↑ Londergan, Joe (16 March 2025). "Washington State's Micaela De Mello Finishes Fourth At NCAA Indoor Championships". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "Defending champ Charlton, Nugent sparkle as five Caribbean women through to 60m hurdles semis". SportsMax. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  17. ↑ "Preview: Double NCAA Team Champions USC Men Begin Indoor Season At Spokane Sports Showcase". Runnerspace. 13 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  18. ↑ "GARRETT KAALUND, DAJAZ DEFRAND LEAD USC CHARGE AT SEASON-OPENER SPOKANE SPORTS SHOWCASE". Runnerspace. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  19. ↑ "NCAA Track And Field Championships 2026 Qualifiers". Flotrack. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  20. ↑ "Longa, Figueroa and Cooper shine at first Pan American Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2026. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
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