Luciana dos Santos

Luciana Alves dos Santos (born 10 February 1970) is a Brazilian long jumper, triple jumper and sprinter.

She was born in Ilhéus.^[1] She competed in the long jump at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999,^[2] and in both events at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but without reaching the final. At the 2004 Olympics she competed in the 4 x 100 metre relay.^[1]

She has four Brazilian titles; one in the long jump from 1996 and three in the triple jump from 1999, 2000 and 2001. Her main rivals were Maria de Souza and Maurren Higa Maggi.^[3] On the regional level, she has eleven medals in the individual events from the South American Championships in 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005.^[4]

Her personal best jump is 6.66 metres, achieved in June 2007 in La Paz.^[2] This is a former South American record.^[5] She has 6.81 metres in the long jump, achieved in June 1999 in Bogotá; and 11.40 seconds metres in the 100 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Cochabamba.^[2]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Brazil
1989	South American Junior Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	3rd	Long jump	5.64 m
1991	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	2nd	Long jump	5.78 m
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	2nd	Long jump	6.18 m (+0.7 m/s)
			2nd	Triple jump	12.90 m w (+4.6 m/s)
1995	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	2nd	Long jump	6.16 m
			2nd	Triple jump	13.07 m
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	11th	Long jump	5.80 m
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	3rd	Long jump	6.24 m
1997	South American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	4th	Long jump	6.16 m (w)
			3rd	Triple jump	13.30 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	35th (q)	Long jump	5.92 m
	Universiade	Catania, Italy	6th	4 × 100 m relay	46.31 s
			16th (q)	Triple jump	13.28 m
1999	South American Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	2nd	Long jump	6.81 m
			1st	Triple jump	13.90 m
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	8th	Long jump	6.13 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	31st (q)	Long jump	6.00 m
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	Long jump	6.28 m
			2nd	Triple jump	13.46 m
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	–	Long jump	NM
			24th (q)	Triple jump	13.48 m
2001	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	2nd	Long jump	6.10 m
			2nd	Triple jump	13.48 m
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	3rd	Triple jump	13.53
2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	9th	Long jump	5.36 m
			2nd	Triple jump	13.42 m
2004	South American U23 Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2nd [6]	4 × 100 m relay	43.49
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.13
			5th	Long jump	6.34 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.12
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	3rd	100 m	11.46
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.35
			1st	Long jump	6.39 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.99
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	Long jump	6.25 m
2007	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.54
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	20th (h)	100 m	11.82
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	44.14
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	15th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.64
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.99