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Fabiana Cristine da Silva

Personal information
Born	(1978-09-03) September 3, 1978 (age 46) Recife, Brazil
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Sport
Sport	Long-distance running
Event(s)	1500 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, half marathon
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Brazil South American Championships 2011 Buenos Aires 5000 m 1999 Bogotá 1500 m South American Cross Country Championships 2000 Cartagena Short race

Fabiana Cristine da Silva (born 3 September 1978) is a Brazilian female former distance runner who competed in the 800 metres up to the half marathon. She competed six times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (five times as a junior) and also represented her country at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and the 2011 Pan American Games.

She was the gold medallist in the 5000 m at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics and set a championship record of 15:39.67 minutes in the process. She had won the 1500 m silver earlier in her career at the 1999 South American Championships in Athletics. She was twice a 5000 m silver medallist at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (2008, 2012). She was also the regional champion at the 2000 South American Cross Country Championships, winning the women's short race. She had been junior champion at that event in 1994 and 1997.

Born in Recife, she set Brazilian junior records in the 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 5000 metres in the late 1990s. She competed for the BM&F Bovespa team. Silva was among the most promising South American junior athletes of her generation. She won a 1500/3000 m double at both the 1996 South American Junior Championships in Athletics and 1997 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. She won three distance running medals from 800 m to 3000 m at the 1994 South American Youth Championships in Athletics.

Personal bests

• 800 metres – 2:04.24 min (2000)
• 1500 metres – 4:12.67 min (2000)
• 3000 metres – 9:10.97 min (2006)
• 5000 metres – 15:39.67 min (2011)
• 10,000 metres – 33:26.33 min (2008)
• 10K run – 33:25 min (2002)
• Half marathon – 75:10 min (2010)

International competitions

National titles

• Brazilian Athletics Championships
  • 1500 metres: 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002
  • 5000 metres: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005

References

1. Fabiana Cristine da Silva Archived 2016-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-21.
2. Nunes, João Pedro (2011-06-02). Fabiana Murer salta 4,70 m e bate recorde do Campeonato Sul-Americano (in Portuguese). CBAT. Retrieved on 2016-09-22.
3. South American Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-22.
4. South American Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-22.
5. Fabiana Cristine da Silva Archived 2016-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. BM&F Bovespa Atletismo. Retrieved on 2016-09-21.
6. Pan American Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-22.
7. South American Junior Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-22.
8. South American Youth Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-22.
9. Brazilian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-21.

External links

• Fabiana Cristine da Silva at World Athletics

• Living people
• 1978 births
• Sportspeople from Recife
• Brazilian female middle-distance runners
• Brazilian female long-distance runners
• Pan American Games athletes for Brazil
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
• 20th-century Brazilian women
• 21st-century Brazilian women
• Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners