Juliana Paula dos Santos

Quick Facts

Full Name	Juliana Paula dos Santos
Occupation	Middle-Distance Runner
Date Of Birth	Jul 12, 1983(1983-07-12)
Age	41
Birthplace	Cubatão
Country	Brazil
Birth City	São Paulo
Horoscope	Cancer

Juliana Paula dos Santos Biography

Juliana Paula dos Santos is one of the most popular and richest Middle- Distance Runner who was born on July 12, 1983 in Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil. Juliana Paula Gomes dos Santos (nee de Azevedo; born 12 July 1983) is a Brazilian middle distance runner. Her most notable accomplishment is an Olympic gold medal at the 1500 meters in the 2007 Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro. She has been a three-time silver medalist at the South American Championships in Athletics and was the 1500 m champion in 2003 and 2006 and the champion of the 4x400m relay in.

Santos was twice a champion over 800 meters on the South American Youth and Junior levels prior to winning an Olympic bronze medal in 2002’s World Junior Championships in Athletics. As a senior athlete she has taken home nine Brazilian titles with seven consecutive wins in the 1500m race from 2003 until 2008. She has personal bests of 2:01.25 minute for 800m and 4:07.30 minutes in the 1500m. The second is also the Brazilian record for the distance.

At the 2006 Brazilian Championships she secured an 800/1500 m double, including a new best of 4:16.25 minutes over the longer distance. She returned to the top of the regional scene with two gold medals at the 2006 South American Championships in Athletics, first in the 1500 m (regaining her title from Rosibel García) and then in the 4×400 metres relay which the Brazilian women won by several seconds.

She married fellow Brazilian runner Marílson Gomes dos Santos around the start of 2007 and began competing under her married name, Juliana Gomes dos Santos. A fifth straight title in the 1500 m came at the Brazilian Championships that year and she was selected to run at the 2007 Pan American Games. There she became the first South American woman to win the 1500 m Pan American title, seeing off American Mary Jayne Harrelson by a margin of nearly two seconds. Hers was one of nine athletics gold medals for the hosts in Rio de Janeiro. She ran in the 800 m heats the same day, but did not make the final of that discipline. She ran in Europe that June a set a personal best of 4:11.39 minutes in Neerpelt.

She was selected for the team representing Brazil in the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics and set an individual performance in the 800 m final. She was defeated by the winning Janeth Jepkosgei (a future world champion) however she edged out England’s Jemma Simpson to take home the bronze medal. It was her first medal in the world. She made her international debut for Brazil in 2002, competing in the 800 meters during the 2002 Ibero- American Championships in Athletics, which she finished sixth.

Juliana Paula dos Santos Net Worth

Juliana Paula dos Santos is one of the richest Middle-Distance Runner from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Juliana Paula dos Santos 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The birthplace of Juliana Paula de Azevedo in Cubatao, Sao Paulo, she participated in track events in her teens. Her first international win was in 1998 at the South American Youth Championships in Athletics in which she was the winner of gold in the 800m. She reclaimed that honour following the 2000 event.

In the same year, she also won her first junior medal level, but her age group opponent Jenny Mejias pushed her into second position in the 2000 South American Junior Championships in Athletics. The roles reversed in the next two competitions in which Azevedo was named South American junior champion over 800 meters during 2001 as well as 2002 (the second victory being on the home turf in 2002 as part of the South American Games).

She entered the senior ranks fully in the 2003 season. She placed third in the 800 m at the Brazilian Athletics Championships, but showed new strength in the 1500 metres discipline by winning her first national title in a personal best of 4:19.16 minutes at the distance. At the 2003 South American Championships in Athletics she was dominant in the longer event, setting a personal best and championship record of 4:17.54 minutes to win by a margin of four seconds over runner-up Niusha Mancilla. She did not appear internationally in 2004 but retained her national title in 1500 m and ran an 800 m best of 2:02.60 minutes. She repeated that feat the following year, winning a third straight Brazilian title and an improvement to 2:01.25 minutes.

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Juliana Ranked on the list of most popular Middle-Distance Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Juliana Paula dos Santos celebrates birthday on July 12 of every year.