Sandro Viana

Sandro Ricardo Rodrigues Viana (born March 26, 1977 in Manaus) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil.[1]

Sandro Viana
Sandro Viana (left) at the 2007 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1977-03-26) March 26, 1977
Sport
Country Brazil
SportAthletics
Event(s)4 × 100m relay
Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing4×100 m relay

Viana represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 6th in his heat without advancing to the second round. He ran the distance in a time of 10.60 seconds.[1] Together with José Carlos Moreira, Vicente de Lima and Bruno de Barros he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they placed fourth behind Trinidad and Tobago, Japan and the Netherlands. Their time of 39.01 was the seventh out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.24 seconds, the fourth time after the Jamaican, Trinidad and Japanese teams.[1] He also took part in the 200 metres individual, finishing fourth in his first round heat, with a time of 20.84 seconds. With 21.07 seconds in the second round he only placed seventh in his heat, which was not enough to qualify for the semi finals.[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again competed in the 200 metres and the men's 4 × 100 m relay. He did not reach beyond the heats in the 200 m[2] and the Brazilian men's 4 × 100 m team missed out on the final by 0.06 of a second.[3]

Viana would retroactively be awarded the bronze medal for the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics following the demotion in 2017 of the Jamaican team for Nesta Carter's failed anti-doping test.[4]

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2005 Universiade Izmir, Turkey 3rd 100 m 10.49
8th 200 m 21.43
2007 South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st 200 m 20.54
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.77
Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th (sf) 200 m 20.82
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.81
World Championships Osaka, Japan 35th (h) 100 m 10.46
18th (qf) 200 m 20.68
4th 4 × 100 m relay 37.99
2008 Ibero-American Championships Iquique, Chile 1st 200 m 20.87
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.96
Olympic Games Beijing, China 50th (h) 100 m 10.60
30th (qf) 200 m 21.07
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 38.24
2009 Ibero-American Championships Berlin, Germany 38th (h) 200 m 21.18
7th 4 × 100 m relay 38.56
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 8th (h) 100 m 10.55
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 3rd 100 m 10.44
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.87
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 12th (sf) 100 m 10.49
7th 200 m 20.94
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.18
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 2nd 100 m 10.42
3rd 200 m 20.69
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.95
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 43rd (sf) 200 m 21.05
10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.35

References
  1. Athlete biography: Sandro Viana, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008
  2. "London 2012 - Men's 200 m". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. "London 2012 - Men's 4 x 100 m relay". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. "Usain Bolt loses one Olympic gold medal as Nesta Carter tests positive". BBC News. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.


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