Sanderlei Parrela

Sanderlei Claro Parrela (born October 7, 1974 in Santos) is a former Brazilian sprinter.

Sanderlei Parrela

Parrela (center) in 2000
Personal information
Full name	Sanderlei Claro Parrela
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1974-10-07) October 7, 1974 (age 50) Santos, São Paulo
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Retired	June 8, 2009 (age 34)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Brazil World Championships 1999 Sevilla 400 m South American Youth Championships 1990 Lima 400 m 1990 Lima 4x400 m relay
Updated on 9 May 2013

Career

With a personal best of 44.29 seconds he is the South American record holder at 400 metres. He won a silver medal in this event at the 1999 World Championships. He finished fourth in the 400 metres race at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Parrela brought his career to a close at the 2009 Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo in Rio de Janeiro. Finishing eighth in the 400 m with a season's best of 47.69, he ended a track career which had seen him break the South American record six times.^[1]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Brazil
1990	South American Youth Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	400 m	50.3
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.0
1991	South American Junior Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	400 m	48.6
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.1
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	35th (h)	400 m	49.64
			13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:16.35
1993	South American Junior Championships	Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	1st	400 m	47.86
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:17.18
1995	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	400 m	45.74
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.93
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	35th (h)	400 m	46.59
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	400 m	45.57
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.28
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	23rd (qf)	400 m	45.72
			11th (sf)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.46
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	8th (sf)	400 m	46.33
	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	400 m	46.17
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.20
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd (h)	400 m	45.351
1999	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	5th (sf)	400 m	46.39
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	4th	400 m	44.93
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.56
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	400 m	44.29
			18th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.70
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	400 m	44.80
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.33
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	4th	400 m	45.01
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	16th (h)	400 m	47.53
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	400 m	45.11
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.09
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	6th	400 m	45.96
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	7th	400 m	46.82
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	400 m	45.83
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.15
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.18
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	1st	400 m	46.19
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.05
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17th (h)	400 m	46.85
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.87

¹Did not start in the quarterfinals